Seafood (page18)

Ban On The Bayou?

PETA wants to tell Louisiana taxpayers what they can and cannot do in the public parks they pay for. The animal rights agitators have called on the Louisiana Office of…
Posted October 10, 2001 at12:00 am

Hook, Line, and Sinker

With the ominous portent of a “Jaws” film, the Orlando Weekly News story starts with calm, and rises to panic. It starts as a simple piece on sushi, but before…
Posted October 1, 2001 at12:00 am

Fishing For Attention

On another front, Greenpeace last week denounced the granting of a European patent on genetically improved salmon. The improvement helps breed larger salmon, providing more food. But…
Posted September 18, 2001 at12:00 am

There’s something fishy going on…

At about the same time that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) installed a new European chief whom Canada’s National Post is calling “the fisherman’s enemy,”…
Posted August 20, 2001 at12:00 am

Seafood

Today’s : San Francisco Chronicle plumbs the depths of the “sustainable seafood” movement, aided by nannies from SeaWeb, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceans Trust, and the…
Posted August 1, 2001 at12:00 am

Congressional nanny-in-chief throws up roadblocks to progress

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was Cleveland’s mayor when the Cuyahoga River caught fire over 20 years ago. Now he seemingly wants to preside over another disaster, opposing scientific progress…
Posted July 19, 2001 at12:00 am

Paranoia on the half shell

Just when it looked like they had already attacked every food imaginable, the nannies at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) have set their sights on shellfish…
Posted July 12, 2001 at12:00 am

Seafood Nannies Offer Hollow ‘Choices’

The folks who brought us the totally unnecessary “Give Swordfish a Break” program are at it again. This time, the public relations machine at Fenton Communications and Environmental Media…
Posted June 11, 2001 at12:00 am

Give Us All A Break

If you remember the ridiculous and unnecessary “Give Swordfish a Break” campaign foisted on us by SeaWeb and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), this will sound eerily familiar. The…
Posted May 14, 2001 at12:00 am

Swimming In Fear

Greenpeace is planning to make Boston ground zero for protest this week, as the International Boston Seafood Show brings together industry bigwigs from 50 states and Europe. Modern science is…
Posted March 27, 2001 at12:00 am