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  3. sustainable seafood

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    great point BWM - note what suzuki's guide says:

    "Ask for: Farmed salmon raised with closed containment technology. After all the negative press farmed salmon has received over the years, it's great to see the emergence of more sustainable closed containment technologies — including those used to farm SweetSpring pacific coho salmon."

    i'm not sure if there is still a big risk to the environment/wild salmon, but i'm hoping that if suzuki is endorsing it then it's all good. certainly the open-net pens were a half-baked idea!!!

  7. sustainable seafood

    in Mmmmm

    Posted · Edited by Guest
    bwa ha ha

    i hear ya DB. i think it means it's sustainable for the fish, not necessarily for people!

    i happen to have my little consumer reports health magazine here, and it said that in canned and pouched (?) tuna, of 42 samples, albacore had 6x more mercury than in the light tuna.

    maybe that old saying about moderation applies? how does it go? ;)

  8. sustainable seafood

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    more on the subject!

    http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/eat-for-a-healthy-planet/suzukis-top-10-sustainable-seafood-picks/

    Suzuki's Top 10 Sustainable Seafood Picks

    It's not uncommon to hear David Suzuki say, I am fish. What he means is that humans aren't much different from the living, breathing species that come from the sea. This is a good thing to remember when choosing your food. Enjoying seafood sustainably means acknowledging the animal's unique role in nature, understanding how it got from the water to your plate, and managing how much of it we consume.

    Our Top 10 sustainable seafood guide is a great place to start. It helps you find the best sustainable seafood available in your grocery store. This seafood is harvested in a way that protects surrounding sea creatures and the ecosystems they depend on. Plus, these species aren't overfished so we can continue to enjoy them for years to come.

    Seafood on Suzuki's top 10 sustainable seafood list is:

    1. Rated a "best choice" by SeaChoice, which means they are caught or grown in an environmentally sustainable manner that protects ocean and freshwater ecosystems.

    2. Generally available in the Canadian seafood marketplace.

    3. A good alternative to similar unsustainable products (e.g., closed containment farmed salmon vs. open net pen farmed salmon, harpoon-caught swordfish vs. longline swordfish).

    4. Mostly from North America, which provides the majority of the available sustainable seafood products in Canada.

    Choosing sustainable seafood is an easy and effective act of consumer power that helps protect our oceans, and sends a strong signal to government and industry leaders that they should do the same. When you do consume seafood, make the most of it by eating sustainably.

    Sablefish

    Ask for: Sablefish from the Canadian Pacific or Alaska that are trap and bottom longline caught.

    Avoid: Trawl caught Sablefish or California, Oregon or Washington bottom longline caught. More »

    Farmed Oysters

    Ask for: Oysters farmed anywhere worldwide in a suspended culture system.

    Avoid: Wild oysters that are caught by scallop dredge or tonging. More »

    Spot Prawns

    Ask for: Prawns caught in the Canadian Pacific by trap. Spot prawns are the largest shrimp species found in Canada's west coast. With a reddish brown shell, this fish is easy to distinguish with its distinctive white spots on its abdominal segments.

    Avoid: Spot prawns caught in the U.S. or other species of prawns such as tiger prawns. More »

    Sardines

    Ask for: Sardines from Canadian and US Pacific that are purse seine caught.

    Avoid: Sardines from Atlantic US caught by mid-water trawl or purse seine. More »

    Albacore Tuna

    Ask for: Albacore tuna from Canadian and US Pacific waters and caught by troll/pole. This migratory fish is caught at a young age in the cold north pacific waters of British Columbia.

    Avoid: Albacore tuna caught by pelagic longline. More »

    Farmed Salmon

    Ask for: Farmed salmon raised with closed containment technology. After all the negative press farmed salmon has received over the years, it's great to see the emergence of more sustainable closed containment technologies — including those used to farm SweetSpring pacific coho salmon.

    Avoid: Farmed salmon raised in open net pens. More »

    Swordfish

    Ask for: Swordfish from Canadian and US harpoon or handline caught swordfish (as opposed to longline).

    Avoid: Swordfish harvested with unsustainable gear types like pelagic longline or harpoon/handline, from the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, International Atlantic or International Pacific regions. More »

    Farmed Clams

    Ask for: Clams farmed worldwide, or wild soft shell clams from the US that are handraked. More »

    Dungeness Crab

    Ask for: Dungeness crab that is trap caught in Canada, California, Oregon and Washington.

    Avoid: Dungeness crab that is trap caught in

    Alaska or Atlantic Dungeness crab. More »

    Pacific Cod

    Ask for: Cod caught in Alaska by bottom longline, jig or trap.

    Avoid: Cod from the Atlantic or Pacific waters, other than from Alaska. More »

  10. Martin Picard (Wild Chef)

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    Posted

    also thanks ollie for that info! i hope that is the case.

    and jonyak, while i have not witnessed firsthand a goose farm, i have in fact been on factory-style farms [chickens] and it sure was not humane or pretty. but i still eat chicken! no angel here.

    and aside: shock & foie = awesome.

  17. Martin Picard (Wild Chef)

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    Posted

    I'm not saying people can't protest. Just saying that Picard should have ignored them. So yeah, this event is ruined by a combination of both the protesters complaining in the first place and then Picard being too proud to still show up.

    dammit woman! just agree with me ;)

    and i vote yes to heckling michael smith. i really like him and his kindergarten-teacher-esque ways, but i would kind of love to see him lose it.

  18. dire straits = censored!

    in Soundboard

    Posted

    Really though, I think this whole movement, from this to Huck Finn to taking the WTC out of older films, is a temporary fashion; a passing fancy with permanent results, and as such it should be resisted on all fronts.

    In 100 years will people still be changing pieces of their popular culture every time someone gets offended? I think not, yet that generation will look back on ours and see a whole period of meddling with history.

    Basically, in the future people will have forgotten that Han Solo shot first in the cantina on Tatooine, and that's a shame because for good or for ill that's how it really went down.

    i tend to agree with you V. i think most people understand that people said things 25+ years ago that aren't acceptable to say now, like the way you don't make a big deal when your grandparents say something kind of horrific. another case in point is the huck finn situation as you mentioned. let it be, i think if anything we can learn from it.

  21. dire straits = censored!

    in Soundboard

    Posted

    http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/12/16865021.html

    never thought i'd be posting a link to the sun, but there you go...

    i'm usually a huge proponent of GLBTQ2 rights, but this one isn't so black & white to me. still forming an opinion. trying to decide if it's akin to the school of thought that wants to ban 'to kill a mockingbird' from schools b/c it uses the 'n' word. perhaps it's different. thoughts?

    Classic rock song censored for its lyrics

    By BRIAN LILLEY, Parliamentary Bureau

    Last Updated: January 12, 2011 8:30pm

    OTTAWA - It may be classic rock but the song Money for Nothing by Dire Straits will either have to be edited or not played in its original form after a decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.

    After a complaint from a listener to OZ-FM in Newfoundland who heard the song at 9:15 at night, the CBSC ruled that Money for Nothing, a radio staple since 1985, violates the code of ethics on several fronts due to the use of the word "faggot."

    The songs second verse contains the offensive word three times.

    "The little faggot with the earring and the makeup"

    "Yeah, buddy, that’s his own hair"

    "That little faggot’s got his own jet airplane"

    "That little faggot, he’s a millionaire"

    The decision here in Canada comes as Americans are embroiled in a debate over censoring the literary classic Huckleberry Finn.

    The book by Mark Twain was a scathing examination of racism when it appeared in 1885 and makes frequent use of then common words such as "n-----" and "Injun" to refer to a Native American character. A publisher has proposed releasing a new version of the work replacing the words with "slave" and "Indian."

    The CBSC, which has essentially banned the full-length version of Money for Nothing, is a self-governing regulatory body for Canada's private broadcasters. Decisions on content by the council are binding on members.

    One classic rock station contacted by QMI Agency said that most likely they will stop playing the song now.

    There is a shorter version of the song with the offensive words removed but classic rock buffs contacted by QMI Agency said changing the lyrics killed the song.

    None of the radio personnel contacted would comment on the record for fear of the impact it could have if they appeared before the council.

    Money for Nothing is not the first song the CBSC has censored. The decision on Money for Nothing references an earlier decision on the song Boyz in the Hood by Dynamite Hack, which was deemed to have lyrics which were too violent towards women.

    One broadcast executive who asked not to be named said the council's decisions are all over the map, pointing out that similar words have been ruled acceptable in other cases.

    Another executive said that while the CBSC comes down hard on what is considered offensive language in songs, similar language can be used in television.

    A review of rulings posted on the CBSC website shows that several complaints on language, such as blatant swearing or the use of the name Jesus Christ as an expletive, have been ruled acceptable.

    The CBSC rules on both radio and television broadcast complaints.

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