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Revealed: Industry-led West Africa Fishery Protection Measures Marred By ‘Massive Conflicts of Interest’

DeSmogBlog

The trade group describes marine ingredients – fishmeal and fish oil – as the foundation of the farmed seafood industry. Seafood industry ties on certification programme boards Breakdown of primary affiliations of executive committee members in certification programmes MarinTrust, ASC, and MSC.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

GreenBiz

Pollution plagues the region: The 2010 BP oil spill contaminated the Gulf, destroyed marshlands and shut down commercial fishing harvests on which many rely. Others do commercial shrimping, although demand for domestic seafood is down and many processors have closed temporarily. . In response, Parfait-Dardar reached out to U.S.

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Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone

Grist

Dean Blanchard Seafood, headquartered on the barrier island of Grand Isle in the Mississippi River Delta, is one of the largest shrimp suppliers in the United States. In 2010, Blanchard graduated to political battles with BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, a spill that sent 4.9 Spike Johnson. Article continues below. More in this series.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

AGreenLiving

Pollution plagues the region: The 2010 BP oil spill contaminated the Gulf, destroyed marshlands and shut down commercial fishing harvests on which many rely. Others do commercial shrimping, although demand for domestic seafood is down and many processors have closed temporarily. In response, Parfait-Dardar reached out to U.S.