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Tag Archives: cod
Mislabeling damages consumer trust in seafood
Originally posted on The Coastal House:
seafoodsource.com reports: The deliberate mislabelling of seafood has the potential to damage an industry valued for its quality and sustainability. Recent press coverage of this issue in the U.K. has raised concerns that weakly…
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Tagged cod, finfish, fraud, grocery, label, restaurant, seafood, supermarket, vertebrate
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There is no hiding what is in trout
Recently, we in Britain have been horrified to learn of mislabelled meat. In the light of ‘Horsegate’, some people are turning to fish. The National Health Service (NHS) says that it’s good for most people’s health to eat fish, including … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, aquaculture, brown trout, cod, equid, finfish, food quality, grocery, horse, label, livestock, mammal, meat, native species, rainbow trout, seafood, trout, value-added, vertebrate
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Are fishing discards now discarded?
Back in July we got excited by news that good fish were no longer to be discarded, dead, from boats. But this is politics and the wrangling continues. Under the European Union (EU) quota system, fishers had to discard any … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, cod, conservation, finfish, fish discards, fisher, fishery, fishing, hunting, law, politics, sea, seabird, seafood, shark, vertebrate, wild food, wildlife
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Food from acidifying waters
As carbon dioxide builds up in the Earth’s atmosphere, carbonic acid builds up in the oceans. Because of the carbonic acid, oceans are becoming more acidic. Elizabeth Kolbert at the National Geographic explains how oceans acidify and asks whether oysters, … Continue reading
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Tagged aquaculture, cephalopod, cod, coral, ecosystem, finfish, fishing, hunting, invertebrate, mollusc, mussel, octopus, oyster, pH, research, salmon, seafood, shellfish, squid, sustainable, vertebrate, wild food
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Oysters
The oyster (Ostrea edulis) was a staple food for British working-class people in our great-grandparents’ time. Here’s a 19th century recipe for fish and oyster pie. My mother’s and grandmother’s recipe books tell you how to make steak, kidney and … Continue reading
Wolves and cod
What is a keystone species? Perhaps you know what that term means. But in case you want to find out, the National Geographic shows us a film and some words about keystone species. My fellow blogger skepticalsquirrel mentioned in a … Continue reading
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Tagged America, canid, climate, cod, conservation, ecosystem, finfish, fishing, herbivore, hummingbird, hunting, keystone species, lion, mammal, pollination, predator, sea, sea star, seafood, vertebrate, wild food, wolf
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