I don’t find myself in the Parliamentary Dining Room very often — I’m more of a cafeteria guy — but back in May the boss and I were entertaining a visiting group of constituents and so I had the opportunity to enjoy a fancy lunch. Usually I go for one
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Things Are Good: Catching Illegal Fishers
Many people reduce their meat intake (which is good!) by swapping it with another animal protein source of fish. The problem here lies in how fishing is done around the world and the crimes committed by too many fishers. Indeed, crime on the high seas is alive and well with
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating on the road: Three trains, three lunches with VIA Rail
I took the train down to Scarborough a few weeks back in business, which is really the best way to travel by train. But pro-tip: the bar car usually opens around 11AM so schedule your trip accordingly. After all, you don’t want to pay a premium for just an omelette
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating on the road: Coast in Vancouver
When I’m on the West Coast (aka the best coast) I need to have fish. It’s the rules. So when I took a break from work last night in Vancouver, I had to find a great spot for quality fish. I considered a few possibilities, but Coast was well-recommended, had
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Seafood in view of the harbour at Toscano’s Mediterranean Grill
While I have let up somewhat on my don’t eat seafood unless you can smell the salt air rule over the years, I do still like to maximize my seafood opportunities when on either of the coasts. And finding myself in the Comox Valley for Christmas, dinner at Toscano’s Mediterranean
Continue readingThings Are Good: New Fish Food Doesn’t Require Killing Fish
When fish farms kill their fish for food some of that food is ground up and fed to other fish as nutrient pellets. It’s well known that current fishing practices are really bad for the environment and that fish farms aren’t good for their local environment. Anything we can do
Continue readingThings Are Good: UK Bans Fising in a Million Square Kilometres
The UK will be banning commercial fishing in approximately one million kilometres of their ocean waters. The country is expanding their marine protection areas in the Atlantic and Pacific around the British Overseas Territories. This is good news as overfishing is contributing part to the global mass extinction of marine wildlife, anything countries can do […]
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Continue readingThings Are Good: From Fishing To Farming
It’s well known that the fishing industry is, err, fishy. Slaves are used in international waters by large multinational corporations and overfishing around the world is rampant – pushing many species close to extinction and totally ecosystem collapse. Basically, fishing is a bad thing. One fisherman has seen his practice change over time and has […]
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Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Taking action on fish habitat protection
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Momentum is growing to get habitat protection reinstated into the federal …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Scaling Up the Fisheries Act: #Act4Fish
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Fish matter to Canadians. Fish habitat, called the “bedrock” …
Continue readingThings Are Good: Greenpeace’s Efforts Lead to Fishing Changes in Nauru
The tiny nation of Nauru (which has one of my favourite flags) has changed its laws thanks to the work of Greenpeace. The environmental organization found that fishing trawlers were catching fish at sea then offloading them to essentially a larger factory boat. This practice has been banned in many
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
A friendly reminder – don’t feed the fish!
Continue readingThings Are Good: Australia Starts Two-Year Super Trawler Ban
Commercial fishing is one of the most damaging things one can do to gather a food source. Trawlers are so inefficient they perform the equivalent task of cutting down an entire forest to get a couple cows. With this hugely negative impact that trawling can have on undersea life in mind Australia has decided to […]
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