H ALIBUT HERALD

April 9, 2009

Bits and Bites

A Visual Guide to Sustainable Seafood Options

Top to bottom, left to right: King Crab (low-bycatch trap caught); West Coast Lingcod; Atlantic, Cero, King, Spanish
Mackerel; Mussels (farmed); U.S. Farmed Catfish; Pacific Squid; Wild Alaskan Salmon; Canadian & Maine Lobsters;
Farmed Freshwater Tilapia.
Learn more about each of the above American certified sustainable seafood options here:
http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/02/visual-guide-to-sustainable-seafood.php?page=1
Learn more about Canadian sustainable seafood options here: http://www.vanaqua.org/oceanwise

The Exploding
Squid Population
“Scientists say the squid's
exploding population may
in part be the result of
overfishing other species
that eat young squid.”
READ ON:
http://www.cbsnews.com/
stories/2009/03/30/sunda
y/main4903581.shtml
The Art of Eating
“Ten basic guidelines for
cooking and living well.
Once you put them into
practice, you will begin to
feel the intimate connection
between eating good food
and leading a truly good life”
READ ON:
http://planetgreen.discove
ry.com/feature/earth-
day/alice-waters-eat-
green.html
Fish Farms Fought
on Turkey's Coast
“Last year for example the
water in the bay at Iassos
was clear and so too was the
water in Paradise Bay. This
year much of the water is
very cloudy and
unpleasant....”
READ ON:
http://www.treehugger.com
/files/2009/04/fish-farms-
fought-on-turkey-
coast.php
Eight Exotically
Green Sushi
Options
A slideshow of delicious
sustainable alternatives to
Vancouver’s favorite ‘fast
food’ brought to you by
TreeHugger.
VIEW PICS:
http://www.treehugger.com
/galleries/2009/02/eight-
exotically-green-sushi-
options.php?page=1
 7 Ways to Spring Clean
with Zero Waste
READ ON:
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/ho
me-garden/spring-clean-waste.html

Top DIY Weekend Projects

for Spring
READ ON:
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/ho
me-garden/diy-projects-
spring.html?campaign=daylife-article

Understanding Eco-Logos
READ ON & VIEW PHOTOS:
http://www.greenlivingonline.com/sli
deshow/understanding-eco-
logos?page=3

READ ON: How to recycle your CFLs

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/ READ ON:
home-garden/assemble-a-green- http://www.greenlivingonline.com/arti
cleaning-kit.html cle/how-recycle-your-cfls-0

11 Extinct Animals That Have Been Photographed Alive

Top to bottom, left to right: Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger; Quagga; Passenger Pigeon; Bubal Hartebeest; Golden Toad;
Pyrenean Ibex; Javan Tiger; Syrian Wild Ass; Caribbean Monk Seal; Baiji River Dolphin; Tecopa Pupfish
READ ON: http://ecoworldly.com/2009/04/02/11-extinct-animals-that-have-been-photographed-alive/
The Ice Divers: Pushing the
Limits of Human Endurance
“Ice diving is considered an advanced type of
diving – some would say extreme – because it
means diving in a closed environment with only
one entry or exit point. This kind of diving without a
direct, vertical ascent or access to the surface is
called penetration diving, which also includes cave
and wreck diving.”
READ ON:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/i
ce-divers-pushing-limits-human-
endurance/9618

Miss Out on Last

Friday’s TD GCSC/
VanAqua Hosted Event:
‘Tales from the Great
Pacific Garbage Patch’?
Not to worry, you can find out what
these crazy cats were up to here:
http://junkraft.com/blog/

They also gave us a brief intro into

the life of Roz Savage whom they
connected with in the middle of the
!$#% Ocean: “In 2005 a woman
rowed - alone - 3,000 miles across
the Atlantic Ocean. Now Roz Savage
intends to become the first woman to
row solo across the Pacific...”
Roz Savage YouTube: Dr. Marcus Eriksen & Anna Cummins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2aIBI7gSQA ride to Tijuana from VanCity:
BTW, They wanted to thank
http://www.junkraft.com/homeJunk
everyone for the hospitality and they
Roz’s website: http://www.rozsavage.com/ Ride.html
had a super time!

How to Create
Massive
Change When
It Comes to
Climate
Change
http://planetgreen.di
scovery.com/feature
/earth-day/bill-
mckibben-earth-
day.html

INSPIRE
CHANGE:
http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=s5kg1
oOq9tY

LEARN MORE
HERE:
http://www.350.org/
 Jane Goodall: Alex Steffen:
Helping Humans Inspired Ideas
Willie Smits: A 20- Richard Pyle: and Animals for a
Year Tale of Hope: Exploring the Reef's Live Together in Sustainable
How We Re-Grew a Twilight Zone Africa Future
WATCH VIDEO: WATCH VIDEO: WATCH VIDEO:
Rainforest http://www.ted.com/index.php http://www.ted.com/ind http://www.ted.com/ind
WATCH VIDEO: ex.php/talks/alex_steff
/talks/richard_pyle_dives_the ex.php/talks/jane_good
http://www.ted.com/index.php/ en_sees_a_sustainable
_twilight_zone.html all_at_tedglobal_07.ht
talks/willie_smits_restores_a_ _future.html
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rainforest.html
Whale in Harbor Between Staten Island and Brooklyn
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/whale_in_harbor_between_staten.html

Archival Photo

Old-school Indy with Lugossi @ BC Tel Pool circa 1979

Check out Virtual Museum for a plethora of

interesting virtual exhibitions. Here’s one
about Hydroelectric Development in BC

CHECK IT OUT:
http://virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Hydr
o/en/index.php
Events

PROTECT BEARS: https://community.hsus.org/campaign/canada_bc_bears/forward/i75n6x6ro783x5mt

PROTECT FORESTS: http://www.voteforoldgrowth.org/

LEARN HOW HERE: http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_cbc/96.php/?CLICK_TF_TRACK

 More exciting events
here:
http://www.vanevo.ca
/events01.html
Check out videos of
past lectures here:
http://www.sfu.ca/cst
udies/science/darwin.
htm

http://www.swapo
ramarama.blogsp
ot.com/
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