Salmon spawning in the US Northwest - a weakened phenomenon.

Salmon spawning in the US Northwest - a weakened phenomenon in the Sacramento River these days due to a recent stocks collapse there."It's a credit to the Central Coast fishing industry that it voluntarily...

G20 leaders get a 'Best of British' dinner at 10 Downing Street

Jamie Oliver cooked up a 'Best of British' feast for the G20 leaders tonight in Downing Street, ahead of the Summit meeting tomorrow morning. Oliver, along with young chefs from his 'Fifteen' restaurant, used produce from all over the country, and started with organic salmon...

PETA wants to rename fish "sea kittens"

Animal advocates PETA want to rename all fish 'sea kittens' as they say doing this will make people want to eat and kill them less, so they have launched a new campaign. "People don't seem to like fish. They're...

Deadly salmon infection detected

Salmon is now one of the cheaper fish to buy in our supermarkets and this is wholy due to the farming of salmon. Farming fish whilst protecting wild stocks also brings with it problems of infection and ill health...

Salmon, The Fish That Keeps On Giving

Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, CanadaVancouver Island is blessed with clean rivers, big trees and abundant wildlife.  Nanaimo River is one of those beautiful rivers.  It might not seems like it to the casual...

Sea Lice: Farmed and Dangerous

" The Science on Sea Lice is ClearCutting edge research published in the prestigious journal Science in December, 2007 was the first study (link to abstract) to calculate the impact individual wild salmon...

West coast farmers face new pesticide restrictions

Farmers along the western coast of the US face new pesticide restrictions.   The new restrictions have been implemented to protect salmon.  The three pesticides, chlorpyrifos, diazinon and...

BC: Save Wild Salmon, Save Orcas

Alexandra Morton says wild salmon will be killed off if fish farms are allowed to flourish. That will, in turn, affect British Columbia’s whales, which feed on the salmon. The authorities don't seem to be...

No driveway car "wash" in Washington State

Better get ready to buy a new Atlas, as the Pacific Northwest renames one of it's own "Ington State". It's a darn good thing I like keeping my truck in a tip top redneck "dirty" state.... otherwise I would be...

How Should Journalists Cover Basic Medical Research?

A quick article from Wired about medical journalism, discussing how to report research advancements when readers' attention and time are limited, and the chances of the reported-upon drug's success are...

Wolves prefer fishing to hunting

For wolves in Canada it is eaiser to catch salmon than track deer so why not prefer to fish rather than hunt?   " Wolves in western Canada prefer to fish for salmon when it is in season rather than hunt...

Cattle shown to align north-south

"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...

Man got 9-foot tapeworm from restaurant

Considering they can get 50' long, and it was a free bonus, I don't know what he was complaining about !" CHICAGO (AP) — A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a...

A dying way of life

Imagine if you were living on a First Nations reserve with 50, 60, 70% unemployment and and faced with this.Exactly."A dying way of lifeNew Canada-U.S. treaty and declining salmon stocks could spell the end of...

Sushi: Britain's new national dish

Sushi has entered the hearts of all classes of British life and is now even available at that working class bastian of summer holidays Butlins."It's enough to make you choke on your wasabi japonica. Butlins,...

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