Japan UN Saving Species

2010-03-11T07:17:20Z

A chef slices a fillet of high-grade fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna, or "o-toro." to make sushi at a Sushi-Zanmai sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of...

An Insiders Guide to Handling Seafood

2010-03-10T21:52:52Z

A healthy diet includes seafood. It not only provides you with high quality protein, it provides omega-3 fatty acids and many other essentials to health. In order to get your full nutrition and value from seafood, you need to know how to handle it right. Following these basic safety rules will keep your seafood safe and delicious.<br><br>When you go to the fish counter in your local supermarket, the seafood should be displayed in a refrigerated case or on a thick bed of fresh ice....

Pacific nations vie to create OPEC-style tuna cartel

2010-02-25T10:17:25Z

<div><p>Leaders of eight Pacific nations responsible for a quarter of the world's tuna catch vowed Thursday to conserve stocks of the fish and increase their own financial return from the lucrative industry.</p><p>Despite their waters producing much of the world's tuna, the impoverished nations receive only three to four percent of the wholesale value of the catch, which is mainly controlled by foreign companies.</p><p>At a summit in the

dwp sea hamper

2010-02-03T17:32:22Z

World's most expensive seafood hamper The world's most expensive seafood hamper is guaranteed to make your mouth water with 17 different kinds of delights. The Fish Society's Caviar & Crustacean Blowout and Atomic seafood hampers are enough to feed a party of 30. The hamper includes 16-inch long giant Siberian crab legs, crab claws from Chile, Madagascan prawns weighing half a pound each, and 75...

NJ seafood importer admits falsely labeling fish

2010-02-22T17:32:07Z

<div id="subtitle">NJ importer pleads guilty to selling Vietnamese catfish mislabeled as grouper to evade tariffs</div><div><p>The former chief executive of a New Jersey-based seafood importing business has admitted falsely labeling fish from Vietnam to evade more than $60 million in federal tariffs.</p><p>Sixty-one-...

Japan Tuna Ban

2010-01-15T11:45:58Z

A staff takes orders as customers wait outside the restaurant of seafood "donburi," or bowl of rice topped with tuna and other seafood at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna _ prized for its succulent slices of red and pink meat _ could slash supplies and drive up prices. In fish-loving Japan, after years of international pressure to s...

Kenya fishermen see upside to pirates: more fish

2010-02-22T22:26:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Kenya fishermen catching more fish, credit Somali pirates for scaring off int'l trawlers</div><div><p>People here have one thing to thank Somali pirates for: Better fishing.</p><p>In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia's coast and scooped up the ocean's contents. Now, fishermen on the ...

Giant tuna fetches $177,000 at Japan fish auction

2010-02-23T01:13:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Tuna weighing 513 pounds fetches $177,000 in auction at world's largest fish market in Japan</div><div><p>A giant bluefin tuna fetched 16.3 million yen ($177,000) in an auction Tuesday at the world's largest wholesale fish market in Japan.</p><p>The 513-pound (233-kilogram) fish was the priciest since 2001 when a 440-pound (200 kilogram) tuna sold for a...

Tuna nets 176,000 dollars in Tokyo new year auction

2010-02-23T01:18:03Z

<div><p>A huge bluefin tuna was sold for 176,000 dollars in the first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market on Tuesday, amid growing pressure on Japan to help save the threatened fish.</p><p>The 232.6-kilogramme (512-pound) bluefin tuna -- caught off Japan's northern region of Aomori -- fetched a winning bid o...

Jazzman Rice

2009-12-23T00:30:18Z

In a Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 photo, shows a scallop dish made by Susan Spicer in New Orleans which uses LSU's Jazzmen rice. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)

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Recipes for Seafood Lovers

2010-02-23T16:31:14Z

Author: Patrick Carpen

Seafood is not only a flavorful addition to a meal or party snack, but it's also a great source of Omega 3. Whether you are health-conscious or not, having a fish-based meal once or twice a week is a great way to break the monotony of beef and chicken dishes. This article features four fish dishes that are definitely worth the time to try. They are a sure hit with most seafood lovers and I hope you enjoy them!

Fish Cakes

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Is Your Fish Oil Supplement Pure?

2010-02-23T20:06:30Z

All Fish Oil Supplements are not Created Equal<br><br>Although many people may not know what fish oil is or what it can do for them, it is a highly beneficial supplement. It is taken from oily fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel and trout that are typically cold water fish. The fish are open sea fish that live closer to the top of the ocean rather than the bottom.<br><br>That being said, it is important to understand that some supple...

Why is Mexican Seafood So Special?

2010-02-23T21:27:57Z

Most people do not think of seafood when they think of Mexico, but with six thousand miles of coastline, seafood is an important part of Mexican cuisine. Mexico lies right between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and it borders a good portion of the Gulf of Mexico. This area provides a great variety of seafood that can be put to good use in Mexican recipes.<br><br&gt...

Dining Out: Top 5 restaurants in India

2010-02-23T22:38:18Z

<div><p>SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - The Miele Guide to Asia's finest restaurants is written by food experts who know and love the region (www.mieleguide.com).</p><p>This is a list of the top 5 restaurants in India, where the cuisine is as varied and rich as the nation's history. It is not endors...

Top French chefs take bluefin tuna off the menu

2010-02-24T00:07:51Z

<div><p>Top French chefs this week pledged to keep bluefin tuna and other threatened fish species off the menu, whatever the cost.</p><p>With half of the fish eaten in Europe dished up in restaurants, it was high time for the food-loving nation's leading chefs to take a stand, said one of the country's greatest chefs, Olivier Roellinger.</p><p>Roellinger, celebrated for...

Environmentalists: bluefin tuna quota too high

2010-02-24T04:56:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Environmentalists say bluefin tuna catch quota too high, threatening survival of species</div><div><p>Environmentalists on Monday said an international deal to reduce catches of Atlantic bluefin tuna didn't go far enough to protect the species from extinction.</p><p>The Julius Steel displays a shucked raw oyster at Pascal's Manale restaurant in New Orleans. Facing fierce resistance, the Obama administration on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, backed off a plan to ban sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico

FDA backs off oyster ban after strong criticism

2010-02-24T05:48:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama administration backs off ban on raw oysters from Gulf Coast amid fierce criticism</div><div><p>The Obama administration is backing off a plan to ban raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm weather.</p><p>The New England, warming ocean drives fish away from shore _ and market bins</div><div><p>Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.</p><p>A new federal study documenting the warming waters...

Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm

2010-02-24T15:06:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Hawaii regulators approve Honolulu company's plan for first US open ocean tuna farm</div><div><p>Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.</p><p>Hawaii Oce...

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