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Tag Archives: shellfish
Is the GM crops war over? What’s next?
GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops are a fact of life by now. In our interconnected world (remember the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, which might be finalised soon) I think that people who oppose GM crops may have … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, fish, food, horticulture, miniculture, money and trade
Tagged Africa, America, aquaculture, Asia, biodiversity, biotechnology, Bt crop, commodity crop, crop diversity, development, Dow, entomoculture, Europe, evolution, farmer, feed, finfish, fisher, foraging, genetic modification, hunting, insect, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, invertebrate, Monsanto, neglected crop, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, Roundup Ready crop, shellfish, soya, staple food, superbug, superweed, Swaminathan_Monkombu, trade, tradition, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, vertebrate, wild food
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New Marine Conservation Zones around England
New Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) will soon be created in English seas to protect coral reefs and other marine life. Yesterday Auntie Beeb told us that there are to be 27 new MCZs. ‘Announcing the 27 new zones, marine environment … Continue reading
Bycatch: 1 for the price of 10
Originally posted on A Perspective Study:
Bycatch is a real and growing problem. We are catching more fish unintentionally than ever before thanks the to large-scale implementation of bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which ships as big as supertankers…
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Tagged bycatch, conservation, finfish, fishing, hunting, invertebrate, marine conservation zone, politics, sea, seabed, seafood, shellfish, trawling, vertebrate, wild food
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Historic fisheries deal secured by UK government
We’ve waited years for Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy to get its much-needed makeover. Yesterday, the reform was approved. You can read more under my ‘fishery’ tag and you can hear the Fat Lady singing.
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Tagged finfish, fishery, fishing, hunting, invertebrate, law, politics, seafood, shellfish, vertebrate, wild food
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Aquaculture vital for plugging the gap in the EU’s seafood needs
Originally posted on The Coastal House:
Aquaculture has a vital role to play in helping the EU to meet its demand for seafood, but expansion of the industry in Europe is hampered by bureaucratic inefficiency. For example, it can take…
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Tagged aquaculture, Europe, farm, finfish, fishery, invertebrate, law, seafood, shellfish, vertebrate
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TED Weekends dives into the deep sea
argylesock says… This talk about sea creatures is wonderful!
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Tagged bioluminescence, camouflage, deep sea, ecosystem, predator, sea, shellfish, wildlife
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Europe’s Rift on Overfishing and Subsidies
Originally posted on Organikos:
Laura Leon for The International Herald TribuneGovernment inspectors, left, check out a fishing vessel off the Spanish port of Cádiz. Thanks to Green Blog: Two weeks ago, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to require that the 27-nation bloc’s…
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Tagged conservation, Europe, finfish, fishery, fishing, invertebrate, law, politics, sea, seafood, shellfish, vertebrate
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Sustainability Pt2
Originally posted on The Naturephile:
As you know the EU voted last week to reform the Common Fisheries Policy with a large majority. Here is an email update on the position going forward to the next series of negotiations sent…
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Tagged conservation, finfish, fishing, invertebrate, politics, sea, shellfish, sustainable, vertebrate
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More horse meat in Britain
The Food Standards Agency says that it found horse DNA in meat products from Freeza Meats in Northern Ireland. Freeza Meats is ‘potentially linked to the Silvercrest factory’ from which beef burgers were found to contain horse DNA. It seems … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, DNA, equid, finfish, food, food quality, Food Standards Agency, grocery, horse, livestock, mammal, meat, pig, ruminant, shellfish, supermarket, sustainable, trade, vertebrate, welfare
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