Sustainable Seafood
| Mission: | To bring attention to the problem of over fishing and work to create solutions. |
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| Founder: |
 Nicole sorochan,
Victoria |
| Description: | Overfishing occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks below an acceptable level. This can occur in any body of water from a pond to the oceans.
Ultimately overfishing may lead to resource depletion in cases of subsidised fishing, low biological growth rates and critical low biomass levels (e.g. by critical depensation growth properties). Particularly, overfishing of sharks has led to the upset of entire marine ecosystems. The ability of the fisheries to naturally recover also depends on whether the conditions of the ecosystems are suitable for population growth. Dramatic changes in species composition may establish other equilibrium energy flows that involve other species compositions than had been present before (ecosystem shift). |
| Details: | Sustainable seafood is a movement that has gained momentum as more people become aware about overfishing and environmentally destructive fishing methods. Sustainable seafood is seafood from either fished or farmed sources that can maintain or increase production in the future without jeopardizing the ecosystems from which it was acquired. In general, slow-growing fish that reproduce late in life, such as orange roughy, are vulnerable to overfishing. Seafood species that grow quickly and breed young, such as anchovies and sardines, are much more resistant to overfishing. Several organizations, including the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), and Friend of the Sea, certify seafood fisheries as sustainable. |
| Tags: | sustainable overfishing seafood sharks fishing plakton |
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News & Discussions
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Videos
Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions and Bolivian Fish Freeze
PlanetGreenTV | 01 September 2010 Today, on Planet 100, a drugged tiger cub is nearly smuggled in an airplane carry-on, uncharacteristically cold water in Bolivia has killed millions of fish......
Connected to: Extreme Weather Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems South America Marine Conservation Sustainable Seafood Endangered Species
PlanetGreenTV | 01 September 2010 Today, on Planet 100, a drugged tiger cub is nearly smuggled in an airplane carry-on, uncharacteristically cold water in Bolivia has killed millions of fish......
Connected to: Extreme Weather Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems South America Marine Conservation Sustainable Seafood Endangered Species
Why stop over-fishing and how?
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Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood Endangered Species
oecden | 01 September 2010 ...
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood Endangered Species
Shrimper: "We Don't Know What the Future Holds"
AssociatedPress | 23 August 2010 The federal government has taken over the handling of oil-spill damage claims from BP, and many people are waiting to see how Obama administration appointee......
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Endangered Species
AssociatedPress | 23 August 2010 The federal government has taken over the handling of oil-spill damage claims from BP, and many people are waiting to see how Obama administration appointee......
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Endangered Species
Gulf Diversity Threatened Even Before Oil Spill
AssociatedPress | 02 August 2010 The oceans around Australia and the Gulf of Mexico boast some of the greatest diversity of sealife on the planet. But even before the oil spill, the Gulf's......
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Ecological Sanitation Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Coral Bleaching Research Group Endangered Species
AssociatedPress | 02 August 2010 The oceans around Australia and the Gulf of Mexico boast some of the greatest diversity of sealife on the planet. But even before the oil spill, the Gulf's......
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Ecological Sanitation Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Coral Bleaching Research Group Endangered Species
John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean
TEDtalksDirector | 28 July 2010 Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global......
Connected to: Science of Climate Change Greenhouse Gases Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Sustainable Seafood Endangered Species
TEDtalksDirector | 28 July 2010 Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global......
Connected to: Science of Climate Change Greenhouse Gases Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Sustainable Seafood Endangered Species
Susan Shaw, Marine Toxicologist: Americans have 10 to 40 times higher levels of certain toxic chemicals in than Europeans
TEDtalksDirector | 27 July 2010 http://www.ted.com Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that's grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan......
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Coral Bleaching Research Group Endangered Species
TEDtalksDirector | 27 July 2010 http://www.ted.com Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that's grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan......
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Coral Bleaching Research Group Endangered Species
Earth Focus: Coastlines Being Privatized Endangering Eco-systems & Ethiopians Going Solar
linktv | 27 July 2010 More Earth Focus at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus A new Indonesian law may open the world's largest coastline to commercial development -- at stake are fragile coastal......
Connected to: Water Impacts Forest Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Solar Energy Sustainable Seafood Fired Up Media Rainforest Protests: World Rainforest Movement The effects of Mining worldwide Endangered Species
linktv | 27 July 2010 More Earth Focus at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus A new Indonesian law may open the world's largest coastline to commercial development -- at stake are fragile coastal......
Connected to: Water Impacts Forest Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Solar Energy Sustainable Seafood Fired Up Media Rainforest Protests: World Rainforest Movement The effects of Mining worldwide Endangered Species
Author and founder of ocean lobbying group, Blue Frontier Campaign, David Helvarg talks about his new book, "Saved by the Sea."
linktv | 22 July 2010 More at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus Marine author, journalist and advocate David Helvarg talks with Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson about his new book, "Saved......
Connected to: Greenhouse Gases Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Direct Action Sustainable Seafood Coral Bleaching Research Group Endangered Species
linktv | 22 July 2010 More at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus Marine author, journalist and advocate David Helvarg talks with Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson about his new book, "Saved......
Connected to: Greenhouse Gases Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Direct Action Sustainable Seafood Coral Bleaching Research Group Endangered Species
Oil and Water: The struggle to preserve Cajun livelihood and culture - nytimes.com
TheNewYorkTimes | 19 July 2010 In the wake of the oil spill, O'Neil and Samantha Sevin struggle to preserve their Cajun livelihood and culture. Related Article: http://nyti.ms/bW5Nwb...
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Endangered Species
TheNewYorkTimes | 19 July 2010 In the wake of the oil spill, O'Neil and Samantha Sevin struggle to preserve their Cajun livelihood and culture. Related Article: http://nyti.ms/bW5Nwb...
Connected to: Water Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Sustainable Seafood The effects of Mining worldwide Endangered Species
EU closes bluefin tuna fishery
AlJazeeraEnglish — 09 June 2010 — The European Union has taken an unusual step of halting the fishing of bluefin tuna. EU officials say that fishing fleets have already caught their full......
Connected to: Sustainable Seafood
AlJazeeraEnglish — 09 June 2010 — The European Union has taken an unusual step of halting the fishing of bluefin tuna. EU officials say that fishing fleets have already caught their full......
Connected to: Sustainable Seafood
