and the habitats that they utilize said Ray Semlitsch Curators'Professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Science at MU.
The Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks also cooperated on the study which analyzed data from ranches in western Montana including 15 years of records on ranch husbandry satellite-generated climatological data spatial data on wolf pack locations and confirmed depredations on 18
and now the men in the towers on the back of these beasts made a gallant fight of it striking with their pikes at close quarters
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Sunscreen which blocks dangerous rays from the sun is your best bet to avoid skin cancer.
Rainer Lohmann a professor at the URI Graduate school of Oceanography is collaborating with a researcher at the Southwest Fisheries science Center in California to learn about the health and ecology of fur seals that winter in different locations in the South Pacific.
The Academy recommends a food-based approach through a diet that includes regular consumption of fatty fish nuts
â#¢A simple and effective way to improve health is to eat more fish nuts
For this and other health reasons a fat-free diet is recommended not. â#¢Fish is an excellent source of the omega-3s EPA and DHA;
and the addition of makeshift perches such as transmission polls in sagebrush ecosystems are creating preferred habitat for common ravens that threaten sensitive native bird species including greater sage grouse.
Last month authorities in Jilin Province arrested five poachers--the largest ever for the province.
fish and chicken eggs as well as minimal cuts of more expensive meat and salted fish from Spain.
A drain from a central property revealed a richer variety of foods as well as imports from outside Italy such as shellfish sea urchin
It takes away the nutrients from the fish and blocks the whole ecosystem in the river.
With the help of local fishermen, IPE and others had found that Meiko--which makes some of the tiny,
Bakers, beekeepers, farmers and commercial fishermen sell goods at farmers markets throughout the United states. There's a weekly market by my subway stop every Friday.
takes materials such as discarded fishing nets, plastic bottles and tires and turns them into down jackets, swimwear, flip-flops, T-shirts and more.
or evil eye, painted on fishing boats. She was inspired to create a handbag in the shape of an evil eye
For instance, the calculations didn't include waste on farms or in fisheries, such as bycatch, or waste that occurs during food processing.
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like the reasons to stay away from blue fin tuna, which we all know now. But there so many others â skate, cod, scallops.
When you go scallop dredging, you ruin their environment. People need to know the smaller fish â sardines,
anchovies â need to be consumed. It really frightening to see what being fished over. It our job to serve sustainable seafood.
Who else should be advocating for this? Composting: All food scraps, organic waste and spoiled foods are composted.
or skates to Lincoln Park to enjoy the best outdoor experiences. 7. San francisco, California Golden gate Park covers more than 1,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Highlights include Wissahickon Valley Park with 50 miles of rugged terrain for mountain bikers and hikers, plus trout fishing in Wissahickon creek;
His creation was a mouthwatering combination of broccoli greens, field peas, crab, shrimp and homemade coconut milk.
Bloomfield was planning to attempt a smoked oyster ice cream inspired by The Virginia Housewife, the first cookbook published in America.
Stupak promised to help Bloomfield whip up an oyster foam if the ice cream failed. He had found inspiration right away in the Carolina Gold rice,
Adriã Â came up with his idea on Monday evening while munching on stone crab claws, his mother's favorite food.
Baltzley selected shrimp, unaware that Laukkonen was allergic to it. He felt awful upon discovering the error,
Phil Wood, from Sydney, cured swordfish like ham and dedicated the dish to the first Charlestonian he met that week:
Adriã Â grilled an 80-lb amberjack fish steps away from where pitmaster Rodney Scott roasted a whole hog over a wood-burning pit.
including public supply (water towers), domestic use (showers, faucets), irrigation, livestock, aquaculture, industrial use, mining, and thermoelectric power generation.
less than 1 percent Aquaculture: 2 percent Industrial use: 4 percent Mining: 1 percent Thermoelectric power generation:
Khosla gave the example of the endangered (Atlantic) Bluefin tuna. In Japan, one such fish (weighing about 600 lbs) was sold for $750
Many of the fisheries that feed people around the world have collapsed. Researchers for Nature Journal, who conducted a study in 60 protected areas of Africa,
to capture the sun's rays and then move them into position for an easy harvest.
Man uses fish poo, sensors to grow gardenin Oakland, California, a man grows veggies with fish excrement instead of soil.
Eric Maudu's garden is wired with sensors that let him know just how thirsty his plants are,
All you need is fish, filters, the ability to compost the waste, and an appetite for fresh vegetables.
After all, Pike Research predicts that there will be 32 million smart water meters in use by the 2016 time frame.
and where the need for cash GDP is driving the aquaculture shrimp industry. The damage that is caused by this ecocide is significant;
Mangroves are important fish nurseries, so by destroying them you impact the local fishing industry. Eroding the mangrove often leads to sediments moving out across the coastal shelf
and damaging the fishing resources of coral reefs again impacting local environment and economy. Furthermore mangrove provides fuel wood and other resources for local people,
and protect from hazard such as tsunami, and sea level damage. When you add up what is being lost,
For example, the production and transport involved in a cup of coffee impacts myriad species, from invertebrates to birds to fish.
or acociles, tiny native crayfish, make them pricey by default. That makes heavy commercialization unsustainable
should we worry about engineering algae for biofuels? The Great American Algae Rush is in full swing.
Dozens of companies and hundreds of scientists are working hard to engineer algae to produce green--literally and figuratively--fuel.
The endeavor is at the crossroads of energy and science, and the trend is spreading worldwide.
Because some algae strains can produce 10 or more times more fuel per acre than the corn that is used to make ethanol,
Better still, you can grow algae on arid land and in brackish water, which avoids competing with food production, unlike the corn and soybeans that coat much of the Midwest's farmland.
algae consume carbon dioxide, combating greenhouse gas emissions. But a new profile of the industry in the New york times demonstrates that this technology has its share of pitfalls.
because algae are the base of the marine food chain. For example: Screw up and over-engineer a strain,
and harming fish--and maybe humans--in the process. But supporters say there's nothing to worry about,
who are at odds over the risk of engineered algae escaping into the wild. Venter says algae should be engineered with a suicide gene to shut down
if they escape. Mayfield says he's not losing sleep over it. His three-year old company has raised $100 million from investors,
Take a gander at recent articles about algae right here on Smartplanet: Video: Turning algae into oil the NASA way Scientists create high-capacity batteries from algae Pressure-cooking method makes an algae-based biofuel Plane takes first flight on 100
%biofuel Can algae-based plastics reduce our plastic footprint? Green algae used to make plastics that dont contain petroleum The algae bloom of alternative energy Video:
Growing the next'green'fuel Clean, sustainable hydrogen from algae could reduce U s. dependence on foreign oil Solazyme founder Harrison Dillon:
Why the U s. Navy wants our green jet fuel What'synthetic life'could mean for the energy industry The Algaeus algae-fueled Prius hits the road Just look at that diversity!
Algae can impact our environment, consumer electronics, cars, military--you name it. But the debate really comes down to this:
like genetically modified (GM) food--such as Roundup Ready soybeans--should we be concerned that scientists are tinkering with Mother Nature?
Or simply: is it really sustainable to tip nature's scales so drastically
Bringing the cloud to the farmthe beautiful vistas of the heartland are hardly short on clouds,
And they can also handle the rather wet packaging situations that are associated usually with meats and fish.
because the alternatives just don't hold up to real use behind the meat, poultry and fish counters.
which looks barely large enough to hold the dozens of tilapia squirming around inside. Upstairs, rows of tomatoes, peppers, lettuce and even flowers line the walls amidst the zen-like sounds of trickling water.
The fish and produce are all part of a symbiotic farming method called aquaponics, which takes wastewater from the fish
and filters it to feed the plants above, before recirculating it back down to the fish.
Not only does the system solve the problem of animal waste, but it uses about one tenth of the water required for traditional agriculture.
It also has the potential to help both fish and vegetables grow bigger faster. Though the system may date back to the Aztecs,
At 24 metric tons of fish and 34 metric tons of vegetables in annual output, an ECF Cityfarm could feed 350 families for a year--making the business model viable for franchising, especially in large cities.
--and fish--of their contributions at an EFC-hosted fish grill this past Friday. PHOTOS:
I imagine could sound ingeniously appealing to certain people with some overly optimistic views about the environment or technology (paging Bjorn Lomborg and Ray Kurzweil!).
Ethanol subsidies skate past budget battle Dupont's big bioscience bets Next-gen biofuel in 2012:
the pincer-like 1, 824-foot Lotte World Tower in Seoul; the 1, 361-foot Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago;
butanol, cellulosic ethanol, omega-3 acidsnew YORK--Dupont wants to help raiseã Â sustainably-farmed salmon by offering them a diet loaded with omega-3 fatty acids that it manufactures from soybeans.
instead of feeding fish other fish to elevate omega-3 levels, why not provide them with the acids directly?
 They found that healthier diet patterns--for example, diets rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts--cost significantly more than unhealthy diets (for example, those rich in processed foods, meats, and refined grains).
which is what s in lobster shells. It grows on its own so energy costs are one 10th of the costs to create foam.
and what wasn t. Our clients can compost meat and bones and dairy and fish,
Milk cartons, orange juice cartons, meat, bones, fish, dairy. The biodegradable products can be made from corn starch, soy starch or potato starch.
It leads to algae that grows everywhere. They proliferate and take off, and there s a population explosion of algae.
At first that s not so bad, but when they die and float to the surface or sink,
Sometime this summer or soon after, the federal Food and Drug Administration may finally approve the first-ever genetically modified animal for human consumption--a fast-growing Atlantic salmon that has taken 17 years to reach the threshold of American consensus. The man to thank
--or blame, depending on how you feel about these things--is a former Soviet biologist who is bankrolling the endeavor with an eye on becoming a U s. salmon farmer.
a Boston-area biotech company that wants to bring its genetically altered Aquadvantage Salmon to American dinner tables and supermarkets.
Whether it's this fish or some other animal, it has to do this, or it risks America losing its biotechnology edge to countries like China.
More than 33,000 fishermen, environmentalists and food safety advocates have written to the FDA to oppose the approval.
that this genetically engineered fish might cause unique allergic reactions in humans; that it might escape
and mix with wild salmon and ultimately out breed and out eat them; and that the fast-growing broods could flood the market
and cripple the wild salmon fishing industry in coastal states like Alaska, Oregon and Washington.
Even though the FDA concluded three years ago that the fish posed no threat in the wild or to humans,
which has spent $67 million on this fish--its only product in the pipeline--has burned through millions just trying to stay afloat.
researchers are working on the same type of fast-growth salmon, as well as attempting to breed cattle that are resistant to foot
China is already working on a growth hormone for farmed fish. Creating the Frankenfish The Aquadvantage salmon is a voracious over-eater
like a cow with fins. It carries two bits of foreign DNA: a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon and a genetic switch from an eellike fish, called an ocean pout,
that trips this gorge-and-grow gene. It matures twice as fast as Atlantic salmon, can grow year round,
and can survive in frigid waters. Critics have dubbed it Frankenfish. Politicians from Alaska, Oregon and Washington, who feel their wild salmon fisheries would be threatened by this new breed,
have been particularly harsh in their condemnation and have tried vigorously to block the FDA from approving the fish.
Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator from Alaska, has lead the fight saying that approving the fish is messing with Mother Nature in a very serious and big way.
Producing this transgenic fish indeed sounds freakish. In addition to gene splicing, Aquabounty produces only what are known as triploid eggs,
an abnormality in the chromosomes that stop female fish from reproducing. plans to sterilize embryos in Canada before shipping them to Panama,
where scientists would expose males to estrogen to be reversed sex. Bendukidze, 57, whose San diego lab scientists are genetically engineering zebra fish to try out other alterations in commercial seafood,
says 95 to 99 percent of the Aquadavantage salmon will be raised sterile and in tanks in the remote hills of the Panama rain forest.
There is little chance they will escape into the wild, and even if they did, less chance they could breed.
It's the same with fish who live in a lab. They cannot survive in the wild.
that 1 to 5 percent could amount to 750,000 fertile fish. If any were to escape
The company's investor background material note that their fish eat five times the food as wild salmon do
just one of the 300 groups that oppose the fish. What if you sell these fish to somebody else who wants to raise them in open ocean pen systems
which is farmed how most salmon are raised? The company has talked in fact about interest from China, Argentina, Chile and Canada,
where farmers hope to buy the company's fish eggs and cultivate them themselves for sale. The market for heart-healthy salmon,
which contains EPA and DHA, the building blocks of omega-3 fatty acids that help keep the heart
and arteries clean and functioning, has boomed in recent years as Americans face an obesity and heart-disease epidemic.
Last November, salmon overtook shrimp as the second most consumed seafood in the United states, just behind tuna.
and nearly half of that is from aquaculture. Aquabounty, which would be a tiny player in this field,
says its salmon could help meet demand and boost productivity in the $100 billion commercial aquaculture industry, the fastest growing segment of the worldwide food industry.
What we are doing is not so different than what any animal breeder has done for years,
These salmon are 20 percent more efficient than other salmon. How should food be labeled? Even if the FDA approves the fish,
as many expect it will, there's a secondary battle looming: how to label it. Aquabounty says it simply should be called Atlantic salmon,
because that's what breed it is. But consumer advocates and the wild salmon industry want it labeled genetically modified.
They want to let consumers know what they are eating and protect the business interests of wild salmon farmers,
who claim their product is superior to any farm-raised fish. Such a label would actually bestow a premium on wild salmon for consumers who look for natural food items
and are willing to pay more for it. In June, at the urging of Murkowski and others
a Senate committee narrowly agreed to add language to a spending bill to require that genetically modified salmon be labeled.
The amendment now faces an uncertain battle on the senate floor in the coming weeks.
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For business, food waste a ripe opportunity for savingsi feel like a character in a movie, said Holly Elmore, a 53-year-old former caterer from Atlanta.
One such possible hope is algae. Earlier this week, researchers at the University of Bath found evidence that algae could grow in the desert
where it would not compete against food. Photo: Friends of the Earth Note: This version updates an earlier version with information on Energem,
Sustainable plastic manufacturer Cereplast announced that it can turn algae into a sustainable bioplastic resin,
tapioca and wheat, says algae-based plastic could replace up to 50 percent of petroleum content found in traditional plastic resin.
But algae must still be sourced. Cereplast plans to get it from companies that use algae to minimize carbon dioxide emissions from polluting smokestacks.
In this case, the algae serves as a biopolymer on the opposite end of the manufacturing pipeline--instead of reducing pollution from the creation of traditional plastic,
it's helping create less-polluting plastic from the get-go. Based on our own efforts
as well as recent commitments by major players in the algae field, we believe that algae has the potential to become one of the most important green feedstocks for biofuels,
However, for our algae-based resins to be successful, we require the production of substantial quantities of algae feedstock.
Cereplast's algae-based bioplastic is still under development, but the company expects to make commercial algae bioplastic resin available by the end of next year.
If a major company were to adopt the new material --which hopefully is at a cost that is competitive with traditional materials--you might find your beverages delivered in green,
not clear, bottles. via Pictured: Samsung's E200eco mobile phone, which is made partially of  corn-based bioplastic.
More stories about algae and alternative fuels on Smartplanet: Turning algae into oil the NASA way Growing the next'green'fuel Algae could be jet fuel of the future The algae bloom of alternative energy The Algaeus algae-fueled Prius hits
the road Scientists create high-capacity batteries from algae
Green initiatives highlighted at international flower showthe theme of this year's  Philadelphia International Flower Show,
which opened Sunday and runs through the weekend, is Passport to the World with a focus on floral designs from around the globe.
Snails! she exclaimed--before finishing, are a problem. Getting rid of pests can be the biggest challenge in organic farming,
which provides an energy-saving irrigation system--still a work in progress â for its vegetables and fish.
or the most common name for a pet goldfish is Jaws(#471). Some are outdated. It's been nearly two decades
they think of blueberries and lobster, which are our signature foods, but there s really a wide variety of foods that are grown in the region here.
Speaking of lobster, how s your water quality? We happen to have some of the cleanest drinking water in the country.
It s one of the only Amtrak services where you can get Wifi and lobster rolls.
or so for our phone interview after I tracked down her assistant through Cisco, where she is the lead director.
Lifelong learning Aside from gardening and her lead director role at Cisco, much of Bartz's time these days is devoted to quietly volunteering for various organizations with a focus on cancer support,
Not every experiment is a success. Reade recalls trying to make bagoong, a fermented prawn condiment, with langoustine heads.
Fish and chicken are safe bets. The New york times calculates Mcdonald s accounts for 3 percent of beef consumption in the United states,
back in the spotlight (Andrew Salmon) Â The addition of expanded liquid choices to Korea s ever-pulsating nightlife makes the nation s drinking scene as exciting as anywhere in the region.
Makgeolli, servied with battered prawns, chilis and soy sauce at Sanchez (Andrew Salmon) Â Another factor contributing to makgeolli's trendiness was that it was partly reverse imported oe ironically oe from Japan
Å Â Owner Dan Vroon pulls a pint at Craftworks (Andrew Salmon) International trade also played a role.
 A glass of Craftworks IPA, fresh from the keg (Andrew Salmon) ŠPeople want natural products and makgeolli and craft beer are said natural,
India's poor most vulnerable to rapid biodiversity losshyderabad Â--Â India's poorest fishing, forest and farming communities will be worst hit by rapid losses of nature as well as efforts to conserve it.
The beach is disappearing so fishermen have no space to put their boats or to spread their nets,
But these walls have restricted further the movements of fishermen. Last week, Dr. Singh made the first financial pledge of $50 million to save biodiversity.
the water with fish waste is pumped into a gravel bed where the plants are growing,
In turn, the plants clean up the water for the fish. We've written about aquaponics before on Smartplanet as a small-scale garden
and backed by research that multiplies fish spawning cycles and boosts crop production. These facilities could be housed in vacant buildings in poor neighborhoods,
and tilt to catch sun rays shining down from different points in the sky. At 500 times the intensity, the sunlight strikes the system's non-silicon solar cells to generate electricity.
they have salinated water with fish, and it s a good place for them to dive deep.
The grizzlies have a tide pool that goes up and down and a stream stocked with trout. You ve said that Baby boomers are the worst culprits in terms of animal conservation.
including New york s 596 Acres, Los angeles L a. Open Acres and Vancouver s Sole Food street farms.
Andrew Pollack explains in The New york times: The crops contain a bacterial gene that allows them to withstand spraying with Roundup or its generic equivalents, known as glyphosate.
fish New label highlights recyclability of sustainable packaging Solving sanitation with simple architectural design First 1k house prototype built in China
fisheries changing the world, farmers completely revamping organic structures in their cities. But they weren relevant to a lot of people.
Consumers are just not googling â Å How are fisheries changing the world? â Â So we felt we had to tell those inspired stories on a different level focus them down to people.
The project has experimented also with culturing heat-tolerant algae, growing salt-tolerant grasses for fodder or biofuel,
in addition to a hefty supply of fish and seafood fetched from its 100-mile coastline. Since the meltdown, Fukushima has dropped from the nation fourth-largest rice producer to its seventh
fish and seafood pose an even bigger challenge. Marine creatures are always on the move following tides and currents. â Å Some fish in one area of the sea are contaminated,
others aren't, â Â says Foust. â Å They're having better luck focusing on certain breeds of bottom feeders.
The rock fish, for example, almost always show some level of contamination, though it usually low.
 While natural iodine from some seafood helps cancel out the radioactive iodine in fast-moving fish
Several types of fish, mainly tilapia, are grown in the tanks that feed the aquaponic system
which the fish and plants are grown. The Bedford Park warehouse is the first aquaponic farm in the United states to receive organic certification from the USDA
and the waste generated by his 20 jumbo goldfish. Wastewater is what fertilizes the 27 strawberry plants from last summer, too.
sustainable agriculture called aquaponics a neologism that combines hydroponics (or water-based planting) and aquaculture (fish cultivation)
say, to turn a swimming pool into a fish pond.)In the United states, aquaponics is in its fingerling stage,
she has lately been preoccupied with exotic fish. Having tired of tilapia and trout, Ms. Bernstein is now introducing pacu, a thin, silvery import from South america that she called oea vegetarian piranha
Villagers defy supermarkets A village on the western fringes of Hampshire is well on the way to becoming the first in England to defy the power of the supermarkets by achieving communal self-sufficiency in food.
The parish of Martin lies on good agricultural land beneath the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase.
Visuals. 2. Genetically-engineered saltwater algae. In the March-April 2009 issue of THE FUTURIST, Dennis Bushnell, a chief research scientist at NASA
wrote that algae and bacteria are the two most important biofuel technologies of the 21st century.
As a replacement for oil, algae is extremely practical, utilizes mostly cheap and abundant resources like saltwater and wasteland,
Unlike corn or even sugar ethanol, halophyte algae (algae that grow in saltwater) do not compete with food stocks for freshwater. oewhen the cost of pumping ocean water into so-called wasteland regions such as the Sahara
the cost of halophytic algae biofuel is less than the cost of petroleum trading at $70 per barrel or higher.
halophyte algae farmers could use solar-powered pumps to move water up from sea level or even up from underground aquifers such as the Nubian sandstone aquifer system that sits beneath desolate regions of Libya, Chad, and Sudan.
productive real estate. oehalophytic algae, cultivated correctly, could lessen the world food and water shortages. Some 68%of the freshwater that is now tied up in conventional agriculture could
algae require only a fraction of the land area of many other crops. Read Bushnell op-ed for THE FUTURIST. 3. Ocean-current power.
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