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GREAT NEWS FISH LOVERS
Research a/o 9 Apr 2002 shows that eating fish is a simple dietary step that goes a long way in protecting against heart disease, especially for women. A 16-year study of almost 85,000 women found that those who ate fish two to four times weekly cut their risk of heart disease by 30 percent, compared with women who rarely ate fish. Past studies showed similar benefits for men. “It’s a low-risk, very inexpensive way to lower the risk of heart disease,” said Dr. JoAnn Manson of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, co-author of the men’s study.
Greenpeace Decries Biotech Fish
March 26, 2001 by Justin Pope
Boston (AP) - The environmental group Greenpeace plans to protest at a seafood trade show this week over the possibility that genetically engineered fish could be approved for sale as food in the United States.
Scientists are experimenting with ways to modify fish genes - to make fish grow faster, for example - and the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to allow, for the first time, sales of such fish.
Greenpeace plans demonstrations outside Boston Tuesday as the International Boston Seafood Show, expected to attract thousands of vendors, gets under way.
"We want to send a clear message to the industry," said Kimberly Wilson, an activist with Greenpeace's Genetic Engineering Campaign. "If these technologies cause populations to go into extinction, they're risking their own businesses."
Greenpeace officials say they are concerned that genetically engineered fish are unsafe and that altered fish could escape into the wild, adversely affecting eons of natural evolution.
But supporters say the technology is necessary to feed the world's rapidly growing population.
"An organization like Greenpeace simply forgets the human factor in all these equations," said Elliot Entis, CEO of Aqua Bounty Farms, a suburban Boston company seeking FDA approval for its genetically modified salmon. "The product they sell is fear."
Aqua Bounty's salmon reach full size more quickly than normal salmon. The fish are sterile, Entis said, so that even if they escape their seaside aquaculture pens into the ocean, they are unlikely to reproduce.
Greenpeace claims studies have shown genetically engineered fish do escape and mate in the wild.
WILD
OATS MARKETS REMOVES
FOUR OVERFISHED SPECIES FROM STORES
BOULDER, CO - Wild Oats Markets,
Inc. (the "Company") today reported it will discontinue carrying
swordfish,
orange roughy,
marlin , and
Chilean sea bass
until
a recovery plan that will restore these fish is adopted. Often caught before they
have a chance to reproduce, populations of these fish are plummeting due to overfishing
and indiscriminate fishing tactics.
"Floods, drought and overgrazing
that affect food sources on land can be readily seen and measured. The effects
of overfishing cannot be easily seen in the oceans. We need to be proactive to
save these species for future generations," said Paul Gingerich, Wild Oats'
meat and seafood purchasing director.
In addition
to not carrying these species of fish, Wild Oats is partnering with hundreds of
chefs across the U.S., the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and SeaWeb
on their "Give Swordfish a Break" campaign. "Wild Oats is assuming
a leadership role and is to be commended," said Vikki Spruill, executive
director of SeaWeb.
Chilean sea bass, another name for Patagonian toothfish,
is a native of the Antarctic. A slow-maturing fish that can live up to 50 years,
its remote habitat makes overfishing difficult to regulate. Orange roughy takes
up to 30 years to sexually mature and can live to be over 100 years old.
Overfishing has particularly affected swordfish - longlining and drift net fishing
can catch juvenile swordfish as well as marlin, sharks, turtles and marine mammals.
The average size of swordfish caught today is significantly below the size females
must be to reproduce.
At a November meeting in Brazil, members of the
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet
to discuss quota reductions in swordfish fishing. Spain, the U.S. and Canada account
for approximately 80% of the North Atlantic swordfish catch.
Lisa Speer,
senior policy analyst at NRDC, said "This meeting represents a key opportunity
for the U.S. government to secure agreement on an international recovery plan
that will restore swordfish within ten years. Doing so will benefit everyone -
fishermen, consumers and the ocean environment."
Jim Lee, President
and Chief Operating Officer of Wild Oats, said "Wild Oats believes adopting
high standards of quality in all we do is an investment in the future; a future
that is ecologically, socially and economically sustainable. We believe in the
consumer's right to know about issues. We also believe in "organikarma (tm)" - that what goes around comes around."
As a socially responsible corporation, Wild Oats gave more than $1 million in
1998 to over 1,200 grassroots organizations making positive changes in the world.
Wild Oats Markets, Inc., is the second largest natural foods supermarket
chain in North America. The Company currently owns and operates 78 stores in 20
states and British Columbia. More information on Wild Oats is available through
its website, at http://www.wildoats.com.
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a national, non-profit organization
of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public
health and the environment. More information on NRDC can be found at http://www.nrdc.org.
SeaWeb, with funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts, is
a non-partisan multimedia public education initiative designed to raise awareness
of the ocean and ocean life. More information on SeaWeb and the Pew Charitable
Trusts is available at http://www.seaweb.org.
Questions? Go to http://www.wildoats.com and click on "Write to Us".
August 11, 1999
Contact:
Paul Gingerich
(303) 440-5220, x230
New York
Times Books@barnesandnoble.com
