Yesterday a University of North Carolina marine biologist presented a rare bit of common sense related to Pfiesteria piscicida [fiss-TEER-ee-uh piss-ki-SEED-uh]. That’s the pesky microorganism that environmental groups like…
Activist Lynn Hunter has a sick sense of humor. In a mass email leaked to the Canadian Press, she told fellow activists: “Tormenting fish farmers is fun — it really,…
If activists have their way, supermarket chains in California will end up paying $2,500 in fines for every day they sold fish without “warning labels” about mercury. The…
This month a group of environmental organizations and other busybody NGOs, led by the Earth Island Institute (EII) and the Humane Society of the United States,…
In a bid to rehabilitate its beleaguered image, the Washington, DC environmental group SeaWeb has announced that it is replacing long-time executive director Vikki Spruill with Dr. Will Ferretti.
In the latest example of environmentally-correct dining run amok, the Chefs Collaborative is promoting a new line of “caught with care” Atlantic cod in Boston restaurants. The Cape…
When The San Jose Mercury News slated a story on activists’ roles in the “comeback” of Atlantic swordfish populations, they probably didn’t expect much disagreement. But fishermen, through their…
Once again claiming “victory” for an outcome in which they played no part, activists at SeaWeb are patting themselves on the dorsal fins this week over the “dramatic…
The Boston Globe reported on Thursday that the equipment used by the federal government to count fish populations in the waters off New England has been unreliable for at…
