fish

This Monday, thousands of dead fish washed up on the beach in Fairhaven, MA. This Wednesday, tens of thousands of the same fish (menhaden, also dead) washed ashore in New Jersey near the Delaware Bay. What’s more, the seagulls couldn’t be less interested in what would normally be considered a… Read the rest

In light of Wend editor-in-chief’s research trip in the Atlantic Gyre (otherwise known as the Atlantic Garbage Patch), it’s only fitting that we acknowledge the potentially dire future of the world’s oceans. In these World Wildlife Fund advertisements, the frightening possibility of completely wildlife-free ocean ecosystems is explored.
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Although human exploration of ocean pollution is both necessary and pivotal in terms of environmental awareness, the idea behind this robotic fish is that it can detect areas of pollution in water that humans just can’t get to — and that it can constantly troll for pollution. But how does… Read the rest

The aptly named “blobfish” is in danger of becoming extinct due to over-fishing in southeastern Australia. While the fish itself is inedible (and looks entirely unappetizing), it lives at the same oceanic level as crab and lobsters, and is often dragged up with the edible sea catches.
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According to Greenpeace, Trader Joe’s currently sells fish that are on the threatened species list. Therefore, the environmental activist group began a petition that urges the stores to commit to more sustainable seafood purchasing and selling policies.
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Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar has announced the award of $19.2 million in grants to support conservation efforts on 6,100 acres of coastal land in eleven states through the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. Matched by nearly $26 million in local and state government contributions, the federal grants will… Read the rest

We’ve all heard of the supposed benefits of fish oil for providing healthy Omega-3 fatty acids. But what most of us haven’t heard is where the fish oil that goes into the bottles and capsules of supplements actually comes from. Unfortunately, its origins are traced back to the menhaden fish,… Read the rest

Free beer? Check. Snacks? Check. Fish Porn? Check! Our hook and bullet friends at the Sierra Club are hosting a free screening of the film Hustle & Fish at their Portland office this Thursday.

The folks at Rollcast Productions have this to say about the film:
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In Paris, a cleaner Seine is seeing the return of wild salmon, something that hasn’t happened in almost a century. Not only salmon are returning to the French capital’s famous river; the number of fish species in the Seine has blown up to 32 which speaks strongly to the city’s… Read the rest