Commercial Fishing

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

The World's Marine Life Is Basically Screwed

FnJBnN/FlickrThe calm before the storm.​So it looks like blue fin tuna is only the tip of a very long icepick where the world's imperiled marine life is concerned.

Costco Expands List of Endangered Fish It Won't Sell

​While Whole Foods has whimped out on its imperative to safeguard endangered ocean fish - as reported by Fork in the Road -- Costco manned up last August and declared an outright sales ban on seven fish species that are among the most stressed worldwide.

Here's the 2010 Dirty Dozen Seafood (Dubious) Honor Roll

Copyright GreenpeaceBluefin tuna: don't eat it.​Navigating the increasingly murky waters of sustainable seafood isn't an easy task, particularly when it's abetted by grocery stores whose eco-conscious posturing doesn't quite extend to what's being sold at their fish counters. Fortunately, Food ... More >>

Port Clyde Fresh Catch: The First Community-Supported-Fishery, Bringing Sweet Maine Shrimp to You

Sweet Maine shrimp: small size, big flavor​ I once ate the most delicious whole fried shrimp at La Fonda del Sol. When I asked the server what kind of shrimp they were, he explained that they were sweet Maine shrimp, only available in the winter, and hard to find in New York. But for members o ... More >>

The Fish in Your Filet-o-Fish is Both Ugly and Possibly Unsustainable

The hoki, known more commonly as a filet-o-fish.​The Times has a piece about the hoki, the homely yet delectable fish that's been the star of countless McDonald's filet-o-fish sandwiches and featured on the menus of chain restaurants like Denny's and Long John Silver's. The hoki, which lives i ... More >>

At the Greenmarket: Smoked Bluefish

Smoked bluefish salad with cherry tomatoes​ ​ Ever since Sam Sifton's reminder of just how good bluefish can be, it seems like the grayish, dense, oily, and delicious fish is everywhere--at every fish market in town for $6 a pound; mashed into rillettes at Fort Defiance; and either fresh ... More >>

No Fish by 2048? The End of the Line--Interview with Journalist Charles Clover

Photo courtesy The End of the Line "Imagine a world without fish." That's the tagline of The End of the Line, a documentary that landed on my desk last week. The press release goes on to say that if we continue to overfish the oceans at the current rate, there will essentially be no fish to eat by ... More >>

A (Chinatown) Fish Story

Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

Tuna: Seared, crusted, endangered

Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

'Oyster Farmer'

Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

A Q&A with Robert Newman

Hide the blackfish! State agents raid Chinese restaurants for puny, but tasty, swimmers

So Shad

A Great Hudson River Fishery Faces Its End

Scales of Justice

Striped Bass May Be New York’s Newest Contraband