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  • July 2008

    • Fish Farms, Retailers Hatch Green Standards

      Washington Post  |  Jul 16, 08 6:42 AM CDT

      Fish Farms, Retailers Hatch Green Standards

      (Newser) - Supermarkets are tightening the net on farmed seafood products as demand for environmentally-friendly products grows, reports the Washington Post . Aquaculture now supplies more than half of America's rising demand for fish and shrimp and retailers are working with producers and green groups to make sure the farmed products are both safe and sustainable. More »

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      farming  • fish  • Whole Foods  • Greenpeace  • seafood  • World Wildlife Fund  • sustainability  • aquaculture

  • June 2008

    • Dear Lobster, I Hardly Knew Ye

      Gourmet  |  Jun 11, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      Dear Lobster, I Hardly Knew Ye

      (Newser) - Francis Lam eases his guilt about chowing down on a certain tasty crustacean by creating an unlikely enemy on his dinner plate, writing an open-ended letter to “Lobster” in Gourmet. He's not sorry for chowing down, "for your meat was like butter and nuts," but his conscience is uneasy: “I had to pretend you had done something awful,” Lam writes, “maybe to my mother.” More »

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      food industry  • seafood  • delicacy  • lobster

  • February 2008

    • Pairing Leaves Writer Red-Faced

      New York Times  |  Feb 29, 08 5:25 PM CST

      Pairing Leaves Writer Red-Faced

      (Newser) - Oysters and red wine? "Why not?" asks Eric Asimov in the New York Times . Wine pairing as a science can drain a meal of its pleasure, while instincts and taste-testing add adventure. After Parisian waiters twice recommended red with a foodie blogger's oysters, Asimov traded the usual suspects (muscadet, Chablis, Champagne) for a lineup of non-fruity reds. More »

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      food  • wine  • drinking  • wineries  • red wine  • seafood  • Guinness  • Champagne  • oysters

  • January 2008

    • Couple Finds Rare Pearl in Clam Dinner

      South Florida Sun-Sentinel  |  Jan 2, 08 4:00 AM CST

      Couple Finds Rare Pearl in Clam Dinner

      (Newser) - A Florida couple found an extremely rare purple pearl in their steamed clam dinner that could turn out to be worth thousands of dollars. The two stopped for seafood at a local restaurant when the man bit down on something hard in one of his middleneck clams. When cleaned off, it turned out to be a small purple pearl. More »

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      Florida  • jewelry  • seafood  • gems

  • December 2007

    • Fish Farming Wiping Out Wild Salmon

      Washington Post  |  Dec 13, 07 11:01 PM CST

      Fish Farming Wiping Out Wild Salmon

      (Newser) - Fish farming could drive some species of wild salmon to extinction, a new study says. Canadian researchers found a direct connection between the growth of such farms in British Columbia and a sharp drop in wild salmon nearby, the Washington Post reports. They attribute the problem to deadly sea lice that thrives in the farms, then spreads to wild salmon that swim by the netted cage.  More »

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      farming  • fish  • salmon  • British Columbia  • seafood  • aquaculture

  • October 2007

    • Let Them Eat Fish!

      Washington Post  |  Oct 4, 07 5:45 AM CDT

      Let Them Eat Fish!

      (Newser) - Contrary to federal FDA recommendations, pregnant women and nursing mothers should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood a week to help promote fetal brain development, according to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. The government has been warning moms-to-be and nursing mothers not to eat more than 12 ounces for fear of mercury poisoning, which can cause neurological problems. More »

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      pregnancy  • women's health  • fish  • babies  • breast feeding  • seafood  • nursing  • omega-3 fatty acids  • methyl mercury

  • June 2007

    • FDA Flags Chinese Seafood

      Associated Press  |  Jun 28, 07 6:12 PM CDT

      FDA Flags Chinese Seafood

      (Newser) - Add farmed seafood to the list of unsafe goods imported from China. The FDA will detain three varieties of fish as well as shrimp and eel, the agency said today, after tests revealed the presence of antibiotics and antifungals that aren't approved in the US for use in aquaculture. The level of contamination and risk to consumers are low. More »

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      China  • food  • FDA  • imports  • contamination  • seafood  • drug safety  • banned foods

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