Gore's Message Loses Bite

The Daily Telegraph (Australia)

By Rebecca Keeble
July 18, 2007 12:00am

ONLY one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped while hosting his daughter's wedding in Beverly Hills. Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass - arguably one of the world's most threatened fish species.

Also known as Patagonian toothfish, the species is under pressure from illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the Southern Ocean, jeopardising the sustainability of remaining stocks.

The species is currently managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources, the body which introduced a catch and trade documentation scheme as an attempt to tackle illegal poaching of this species.

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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22090734-5001031,00.html

Maybe the caterer was running low on ivory-crested woodpecker? :shrug:

It was about global warming not supposedly endangered food.

Ah, methinks a bit of fall is in the air. ;)

(Love DEM permalinks!)

This post by pinto explains the Chilean Sea bass and how it is not endangered, but is managed with catch limits.

Much more clarifying info at link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1361021&mesg_id=1361150

yes, that was a (sort of) debunking post, but my point was

oh fuck, here we go again!

It has the potential to start all over again! :hide:

Those who follow your link will read about sensible fisheries management of the Patagonian toothfish (aka Chilean Sea Bass in the US). All well and good - except that the threat comes not from regulated fishermen, but from pirates, who overfish in legal areas, and illegally fish in conservation areas. The pirates are taking at least as much as the legitimate fishermen, and compounding the damage with wasteful and harmful practices, such as including juveniles (crucial to population stability) in the catch.

There is more confusion and nuance in this issue than I care to detail in a post here. But one could look at the following link for an overview, and then start Googling.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061128-sea-bass.html

IMO, no one should eat Chilean Sea Bass until this mess is dealt with and the threats removed. The National Environmental Trust feels the same way. http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/csb

and it is my favorite fish in the world but I gave up eating it several years ago. It tastes like no other fish when properly prepared. Heaven on a plate. Sigh.

i got a "responsible seafood diner's" list somewhere and try to follow it.

But since I am largely vegetarian and only indulge in seafood maybe every couple of months, my being "responsible" doesn't make much of a dent

the sad fact is there is not much left on the planet, whether plant or animal, that humans haven't either over-harvested or contaminated perhaps irreversibly

as Ivory-crested Woodpecker.

I have the woodpecker book.

I know this. :D

I meant ivory-billed woodpecker, of course. Once thought extinct, but as of 2004, not quite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory-billed_Woodpecker

And, since this comes from an Australian (.au) website, we know he's scaring, and pissing off, the transnationals!

Go, Al, Go!

Murdoch's really trying to take Al down. Don't quite understand why this B.S. deserves a 2nd & 3rd thread....

:nuke:

We need to be aware of what's being said outside our enclave walls, donchathink?

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an independent non-profit body dedicated to sustainable fishing practices and ocean health, recently certified a fishery operating out of South Georgia Island for the sustainable harvesting of Chilean sea bass. This island is near the South Sandwich Islands located in the extreme southern Atlantic, where harsh prevailing weather conditions and active volcanism make it difficult for fishermen. While poaching remains a serious threat to Chilean sea bass in other areas, this remote fishery has proven itself to be a responsible one dedicated to sustainable practices as documented by the MSC.

It's possible that Al's endulgence was A-OK with the MSC.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/seafood/chileanseabass.html

What a load.