Seafood: Europe, Africa, Maine

brought to you by Sasha Paris  

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  

Human Ecology in Action.

I know, I've been sending out a lot of fishery-related articles lately. Can't help it. As the sign on my room-door says: "Fish Control My Brain"


New York Times
*On the competition for the depleted fisheries off of northwest Africa, between fishermen from nearby African nations and European fleets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/world/africa/14fishing.html?ref=world

On Europe's huge trade in illegal seafood and why it's so hard to curb.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/world/europe/15fish.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

The EU might ban some biofuels which do more harm than good to land or air
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/business/14cnd-biofuels.html?hp

Bangor News
A hot issue in the Plum Creek debate is what it plans to allow on i's "conservation offset" lands
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=159073&zoneid=500

A new program requires certain numbers of lobstermen to report their catches, and some fear it will lead to more "regulation"
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=158982&zoneid=500