March 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
Any commercial fisherman used to be able to fish in U.S. seas. Not anymore. Today, the right to fish belongs to companies and private individuals under a system called "catch shares."
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August 8, 2012, 12:05 AM
The latest move by politicians to limit or ban the sale of genetically modified fish has been stymied. A U.S. Senate bill, which would have prohibited the sale of genetically engineered salmon unless the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could find the fish would cause no...
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May 3, 2012, 12:05 AM
If you’re in LA or Orange counties, odds are you’re not eating the fish you thought you were. A report released last week by the environmental advocacy group Oceana showed that 55 percent of the seafood it tested in the two counties was mislabeled. Nearly 120 samples were...
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April 17, 2012, 12:05 AM
Government health and food safety officials are seeking to close down two fish processing plants in California, citing concerns over the spread of bacteria and toxins in contaminated products. So far, there have been no illnesses associated with the two plants. However, government inspectors...
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May 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
New state guidelines advise consumers to avoid eating shiner perch and sharks caught in the San Francisco Bay because the fish contain high levels of contaminants. An advisory released yesterday by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said that shiner perch had high levels of...
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