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Marine Stewardship Council’s Marine Stewardship Questionable, Scientists Say

photo: Mr. T in DC via flickr A bit of a sustainable seafood smackdown is ongoing: In a new opinion piece in the journal Nature scientists from the University of British Columbia, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other institutions have called out the Marine Stewardship Council for not doing a good job at marine stewardship. As is to be expected, MSC strongly disagrees. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Australia Makes Good on Threat to Take Japan to Court to Stop Whaling

Whale meat on sale at the Tsukiji fish market in Japan, photo: Stefan Powell . Threatened for some time now , Australia has begun legal action against Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean . Formal proceedings will begin in The Hague next week and would lead to a provisional order for Japan to halt whaling ahead of a full he… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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