Tag Archives: fisheries

High School Students Unmask Fish Fraud

Posted by JD Thomas on 24. Aug, 2008 in Techfun 1 comment

Cheap fish masquerading as fancy and endangered species disguised as eco-friendly have both been busted by the enterprising young scientists and a new technique called DNA bar coding, the New York Times said Friday.

Capitalism and Conservation Collide in the North Sea

Posted by JD Thomas on 20. Aug, 2008 in Techfun Comments Off

Capitalism and Conservation Collide in the North Sea

Stop Eating Tuna

Posted by JD Thomas on 17. Nov, 2007 in Techfun 3 comments

naked capitalism: Stop Eating Tuna: I saw this story yesterday on the BBC, which reports on the danger of collapse of bluefin tuna stocks, and didn’t cover it then because I thought it was the sort of thing that would get plenty of media attention. The fact that the not-terribly-environmentally-minded US is supporting a 3-5  Read more »