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Support American Fishermen: Fish for a different dish
By Tim FitzgeraldPhoto Credit: Nate Gray/flickrMonkfish, aka American goosefish, eats way better than it looks. When it comes to seafood, we are creatures of narrow habit. The average American eats...
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Seafood Selector helps you have your hake (and eat it too)
By Tim FitzgeraldEnvironmental Defense Fund recently released the latest version of its popular Seafood Selector, a tool to help make consumers aware of critical ocean conservation issues through the...
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How Sustainable is your Supermarket’s Seafood Case?
By Tim FitzgeraldImageCredit: Greenpeace, from "Carting Away the Oceans 2013" Report Last week, Greenpeace USA released the seventh edition of their popular Carting Away the Oceans report, which ranks...
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Setting aside space provides room for innovation
By Sarah PoonBy Sarah Poon Territorial Use Rights for Fishing, or TURFs, have been in place for centuries in fishing communities around the world. In a TURF, fishery participants have a secure,...
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Catch Shares: Harvesting Sustainable Catches
By Kate BonzonOriginally published on November 18, 2013 on the Oceans Health Index Website Introduction Written by Steven Katona, Managing Director, Ocean Health Index Maximizing sustainable food...
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The quest for sustainable seafood has never been easier
By Tim FitzgeraldPhoto credit: Rick Moonen/RM Seafood If you love seafood, the six weeks between Mardi Gras and Easter is likely one of your favorite times of the year. It doesn’t hurt that...
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H-E-B Grocery Making Sure Texans Enjoy Sustainable Seafood
By EDF OceansBy Tim Fitzgerald and Heather Paffe Source: HEB.com Today EDF proudly announced its new sustainable seafood partnership with Texas retail giant H-E-B, a cornerstone of communities across...
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From ‘Avoid’ to ‘Enjoy’: West Coast Groundfish Completes Sustainability Sweep
By Tim Fitzgerald© Monterey Bay Aquarium The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, considered by many to be the ultimate arbiter of sustainability for the U.S. seafood market, has released...
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CFF Supports New Fishing Community-Led Nonprofit in Monterey
By Phoebe Higgins http://blogs.edf.org/edfish/files/2015/09/CFF-Loan-EDF.mp3 Since launching in 2008, the California Fisheries Fund (CFF) has made 30 low-interest loans—ranging from $50,000 to $350,000...
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Empowered fishermen play an important role in reducing seafood waste
By Doug RaderSeafood for sale at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA. Photo: Kate Culzoni Squandering ocean fish—an essential living resource—unnecessarily harms not only wild creatures, but also the...
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The State of U.S. Fisheries is Strong
By Matt TinningWe have a lot to be proud of in the United States when it comes to fisheries management. This week the New York Times highlighted the comeback of U.S. fisheries with an inspiring story...
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Two more rockfish species declared "rebuilt"
By Shems JudPhotos: Vicky Okimura Rapid comebacks mean greater fishing opportunities, more sustainable seafood for U.S. markets EDF’s Pacific team is pleased to share the news that stocks of both...
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Science-based management in U.S. fisheries: Progress and the road ahead
By Helen Takade-HeumacherIn August, I had the honor of being the co-organizer of a symposium at the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting titled “Ten Years of Science-Based management in U.S....
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Five reasons we’re hopeful on World Fisheries Day
By EDF OceansThe fortunes of people everywhere are inextricably linked to the oceans. Overfishing remains one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges, but around the world we are seeing...
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Here’s why new fishing legislation lacks broad support
By Monica Goldberg Update: The bills outlined in this blog were passed by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on December 13, 2017. You can read EDF’s full statement here. In an intensely...
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New study highlights benefits of recreational fisheries reform
By Daniel Willard A new paper published in the current issue of Fisheries Research finds that giving recreational fishing businesses the flexibility to take customers fishing when they want to in...
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We shouldn't ignore these conservation threats in fish bills
By Monica GoldbergThis year has featured a flurry of fisheries-oriented bills, many with provisions that threaten to undermine the significant progress the United States has made in reducing...
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West Coast fishermen are having their fish and protecting habitat too
By Shems Jud Decisions about protected areas can be contentious. It isn’t often that fishermen and environmentalists find ourselves celebrating new protected areas together, but on the West Coast we’re...
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Indonesia advances sustainable fishing
By Pam BakerIn my 20 years working with fishery stakeholders in the United States, I saw time and again that good things happen when we band together to solve difficult problems. I’m seeing it again...
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Why should you care about fisheries? They can help feed the world.
By EDF OceansCredit: Alexis Rife By: Doug Rader and Kristin Kleisner Food security is a hot button topic for today’s world leaders, and rightly so as the population swells to 10 billion people by the...
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