Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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Helen Keller
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."
~Jack Handy
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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~Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Pacific Fleet communiqué, 16 March 1945
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Wild Edibles seafood Update
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Monday Fish Roundup
Fish and Wildlife chief dies after skiing Washington Post By MATTHEW DALY AP WASHINGTON -- The director of the Fish and Wildlife Service died Saturday after suffering chest pains while skiing in Colorado. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Man Finds -- and Kills -- 100-Year-Old Fish FOXNews The fish, a sturgeon that's estimated to have been born with William Taft was president, was killed by a spear fisherman Saturday on Lake Winnebago's north ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Classic field finds solid action on still cold waters ESPN After a tough practice marred by extremely cold conditions, the sun came out and the fish started biting. James Overstreet Kevin VanDam leads after Day 1, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Los Angeles Times By John Kass Federal fish fighters this week are preparing further assaults on the feared Asian carp, with nets, electrified fences, poison whatever they ... See all stories on this topic | ||
BBC News By Tim Masters Andrea Arnold's gritty drama Fish Tank has won four awards at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards, including British film of the year. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Change rules to water farms, families not fish San Francisco Chronicle The judge found that the federal agencies should have considered alternatives that would still adequately protect the fish without cutting off so much of ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Calif. Fish and Game probes pelicans' sickness San Francisco Chronicle California's Department of Fish and Game says it's investigating why hundreds of brown pelicans have been found sick or dying off the coast. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Illinois: Biologists Will Hunt Carp New York Times By AP The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service are set to begin rooting out Asian carp that have made it ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Alien fish invasion divides lake states Independent By David Usborne in New York ap A row has blown up between several northern US states about how to block an especially voracious species of non-native fish ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Judge: Pumping limits needed to protect Calif fish San Jose Mercury News AP FRESNO, Calif.A federal judge in Fresno has turned down an emergency request by farmers to lift water pumping restrictions in California's delta, ... See all stories on this topic |
Saturday, February 20, 2010
NYTimes.com: Bitten: Discovering Alaskan King Salmon
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wild Edibles Seafood Update
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Contessa and Compass Team up for Sustainability (press release)
COMPASS GROUP, CONTESSA ANNOUNCE
SUSTAINABLE FARMED-SHRIMP PURCHASING STANDARDS
Shrimp Farms Following the Process Would Be Rated
"Good Alternative" Under Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program
CHARLOTTE, NC. . . Compass Group USA, Foodbuy LLC and Contessa Premium
Foods today announce
the first successful implementation by a major food service company of
sustainable purchasing standards
for imported farm-raised shrimp. The standards – including independent,
third-party audits –
have been endorsed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program.
Foodbuy is the procurement company for Compass Group.
Historically, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's respected Seafood Watch program
deemed all imported
farm-raised shrimp unsustainable and placed them on the "Avoid" list.
Contessa Premium Foods is
providing Compass Group the first and only imported farm-raised shrimp
recognized as sustainable by
Seafood Watch. These sustainable shrimp standards are unique within the
food service industry in that
they advocate real and achievable environmental benchmarks, and establish
a process to document
that those benchmarks are being achieved.
The purchasing standards were developed by Compass Group and Contessa, in
collaboration with the
Monterey Bay Aquarium. By applying these standards to specific shrimp
farms, and by including a
third-party process to verify that the standards are being applied in the
field, Contessa has met
Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch criteria for a "Good Alternative"
ranking.
"Monterey Bay Aquarium has been a highly valued partner with Compass in
developing our entire
sustainable seafood program," said Marc Zammit, vice president of
sustainability initiatives for
Compass. "They have worked closely with us and Contessa over several
years in an intensive program
that included in-country testing, as well as independent confirmation."
"The goal of Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program has been to
harness the power of the
marketplace to create real change that translates into healthy oceans,"
said Edward Cassano, senior
director of conservation outreach for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. "Compass
Group's strong commitment
to the Seafood Watch program, and Contessa's willingness to work at the
farm level to provide a fully
traceable supply of sustainably farmed shrimp in line with Seafood Watch
criteria, demonstrates that
significant, conservation-oriented shrimp aquaculture practices are
possible."
"Compass Group and other major seafood buyers are demanding sustainable
seafood that meets the
sustainability standards of the Monterey Bay Aquarium program," Cassano
added. "Producers and suppliers
who take the lead – as Contessa has done – will be rewarded for their
efforts by the marketplace."
Compass' sustainable shrimp purchasing standards advocate an effective
procurement policy that
supports ecologically responsible aquaculture practices. Core practices
of sustainable shrimp
aquaculture include maintaining mangrove ecosystems, minimizing other
ecosystem impacts,
eliminating antibiotic use, reducing excessive reliance on feed from wild
sources and promoting
overall compliance with local, national and international laws.
The standards also require product traceability back to the source, to
ensure that 100 percent of the
shrimp sold to Compass comes from farms that meet its sustainable
purchasing standards. The standards
recognize the sustainability achievements that Contessa has already put
in place while providing a
road map for ongoing improvements and benchmarks for such improvement.
Under these standards, Contessa has been recognized as the exclusive
supplier of sustainable shrimp
for Compass Group and Foodbuy.
"We are all confident that ongoing monitoring will ensure that these
significant standards achieve
measurable ecological gains," said Rick Stone, vice president of
sustainability, Foodbuy.
"We are proud of our pioneering group effort and believe it will help
protect ecosystems while responsibly
feeding our growing population," said John Z. Blazevich, president and
CEO of Contessa Premium Foods.
About Compass Group: Based in Charlotte NC, Compass Group North America
is the leading foodservice and
support services company with $9.2 billion in revenues in 2009. With
386,000 associates worldwide, its parent
company, UK-based Compass Group PLC had revenues of £13.4 billion in the
year to September 30, 2009.
www.cgnad.com
About Foodbuy LLC: Foodbuy LLC is the largest Group Purchasing Company
(GPO) for high volume multi-unit
food operators in North America. Foodbuy purchases thousands of food and
non-food items from a select
number of quality suppliers and works with primary and secondary
suppliers for most categories. Their
procurement office is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is
responsible for negotiating significant savings
by focusing on the purchasing needs of multi-unit operators on a category
by category basis.
About Contessa Premium Foods, Inc.: Contessa Premium Foods is an
environmentally and nutritionally
responsible food company producing high quality frozen seafood, prepared
meals and exotic vegetables for
retail, club, foodservice, military and private label channels. Contessa
is recognized globally for exceeding
industry standards and celebrated for its product innovation, premium
quality and environmental contribution.
In 2007, Contessa built the world's first green LEED-certified
frozen-food manufacturing plant; reducing energy
use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 65% daily; and 100% carbon
neutral. www.contessa.com
About Monterey Bay Aquarium: The mission of the nonprofit Monterey Bay
Aquarium is to inspire conservation
of the oceans. The Aquarium's Seafood Watch program empowers seafood
consumers and businesses to make
choices for healthy oceans. In doing so, the program works to transform
seafood markets in ways that create
incentives for sustainable fishing and aquaculture practices.
www.montereybayaquarium.org
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Wild Edibles Seafood Update
- Arctic Char, farm raised in Iceland
- Mackerel, wild caught USA
- Oysters, farmed and wild USA and Canada
- Wild Striped Bass, USA tagged
- Mussels, wild and farmed USA, Canada, NZ
- Squid, wild caught USA
- Mahi Mahi, wild Americas
- Fresh Shrimp, farmed Belize and wild USA
- Sardines, wild Portugal
- Clams, farmed and wild
- Sturgeon, farmed USA
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Seafood Headlines
ABC News By SUE MANNING AP Writer AP This photo taken Jan. 13, 2010 shows Miguel Carill, who has been at Gladstone's 4 Fish for over 20. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Solving Seafood -- Sustainably Huffington Post (blog) I just returned from the Seafood Choices Alliance Seafood Summit in Paris, a gathering of over 600 business and NGO leaders concerned about the future of ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Seafood Restaurant Hit Multiple Times By Drivers 39online.com Baytown Seafood restaurant is known for serving up some of the best fish in the area. "The food it good," said longtime customer, James McDowell. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Seafood Gumbo Two Ways Beginner and Expert YumSugar.com Simmer up a steaming pot of seafood gumbo. Keep things basic with canned chicken broth, frozen okra, and two simple shellfish elements crab and shrimp. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
SUV plows into Baytown Seafood Restaurant KVUE ... Lee Drive when he lost control of his vehicle, veered off the roadway, careened through a parking lot and slammed into the Baytown Seafood Restaurant. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
More aid needed for sustainable seafood UPI.com 12 (UPI) -- Global food security could be enhanced if developed nations increased aid for sustainable seafood production in developing nations, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Serving Seafood The Daily Advertiser With Lent beginning next week, many residents will add more seafood dishes to their diets during the spring months. Catfish, shrimp, crawfish, crabs and ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Mariner Seafood gets more time to find buyer CBC.ca PEI Supreme Court Justice Wayne Cheverie granted Mariner Seafood more time to try and find a buyer in order to get the processing plant up and running in ... See all stories on this topic | ||
The Canadian Press Here is a special seafood stir-fry that could be served on any one of those occasions. Imperial Seafood Stir-Fry 250 g ( 1/2 lb) medium shrimps, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Seafood suspect arrested Pensacola News Journal A Pensacola man accused in an international conspiracy to illegally smuggle and sell mislabeled seafood to Gulf Coast restaurants, including the Eglin Air ... See all stories on this topic |
Monday, February 15, 2010
Wild Edible Seafood Update
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Friday, February 12, 2010
The freshest fish from the Far East
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wild Edibles Seafood Update
- Beau Soleil
- Blue Point
- Canada Cup
- Caraquet
- Hurricane Harbor
- Island Creek
- Pine Island
- Malpeque
- Salt Aire
- Salutation
- Saint Anne
- Saint Simone
- Pipers Cove
- Martha's Vineyard
- Cortez Island
- Elkhorn
- Fanny Bay
- Hama Hama
- Hood Canal
- Kumomoto
- Kushi
- Malaspina
- Nootka
- Pearl Point
- Pacific Orchard
- Pebble Beach
- Skookum
- Sunset Beach
- Totten
- Quilcene
~Mother Teresa
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wild Edibles Seafood Update
- Beautiful sushi grade flukes from the Long Island Sound area
- Great line caught haddock from the coastal waters near Martha's Vineyard
- Golden tile fish from Barnegat Light, NJ is screaming fresh
- Jumbo black sea bass from non-jumbo Rhode Island
- Harpoon swordfish from the Great Banks area, landed in Montauk
- Stone Crab claws (mostly medium, some large)
- Red Grouper
- American Red Snappers (all sizes)
- Fresh Domestic Octopus
~Ron White
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Wild Edibles Seafood Update
~ Georges Blanc
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Wild Edibles makes New York City Top Ten Chowders

As you may know I was a recent judge on 'Throwdown with Bobby Flay', but I did not get to judge any of these chowders. Judged as one of the cities' best from the following link is none other than Wild Edibles own Chef Paul Jambor.
New York City’s 10 Best Bowls of Clam Chowder
So if you are in the city stop in and check out Wild Edibles Oyster and Wine Bar in Murray Hill. I guarantee that all the seafood is definitely hand picked and of the highest quality.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
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~Theodore Roosevelt
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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~Theodore Roosevelt
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Wild Edibles Seafood Update
- Grey Tile (3-5lbs) from South Carolina
- Black Sea Bass (1.5-3lbs) from Rhode Island
- Rouget (3-4 per lb) from the Ivory Coast
- Dover Sole (24-28oz) from Holland
- Empress cut Jonah Crab claws from Maine
- Sweet Neck Oysters from Martha's Vineyard
- Sweet Maine shrimp from, well Maine
- Laughing Bird Fresh peeled shrimp from Belize http://tinyurl.com/rxhgr9
- Portuguese and Spanish Octopus all sizes 2-8lbs
- "Bruce Gore" frozen at sea Coho salmon http://www.triadfisheries.com/
- Whitebait, eperlain from the Saint Lawrence Seaway
~Phil Connors (Bill Murray) from the movie "Groundhog Day"
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Wild Edibles Seafood Update
The little old groundhog looks for his shadow
The clouds in the sky determine our fate
If winter will leave us all early or late."
- Don Halley
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