by Meg | Jun 26, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Science, Sustainable seafood
*Tomorrow our first menus come out! Make sure to comment if you see them!* Did you know that 118 million tons of fish are extracted from oceans each year? Yep that’s a MILLION TONS! And what’s even scarier is that we expect this number to increase by an...
by Meg | Jun 24, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Sustainable seafood
As our first menus appear this week I thought it would be an awesome idea to start a blog conversation about sustainable seafood and why we should care. Throughout the week I’ll be highlighting the four major reasons we should all be concerned about eating...
by Meg | Jun 9, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, pollution, Science, wildlife
Did you know that this past week our lovely city Portland hosted World Environmental Day? We were chosen for our environtmentally friendly city. Way to go Portland, we’re proud of you!
by Meg | May 16, 2013 | animal, Conservation, Education, Environmental Impact, pollution
The last update on mercury levels in fish was put out to the public in 2004. Even though the 2004 update was a milestone, it’s source of data was put together from research that was 20 years old. Nearly 10 years has past since the last update, but it looks as...
by Meg | Apr 21, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Panda, Science |
Just wanted to let everyone know that the BiFengXia panda base and our intern Stephanie were both unhurt in the earthquake in Lushan, China (very close to Ya’An). Here’s Stephanie’s blog reporting the entire experience: Steph writes,...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2013 | animal, Antarctica, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal, Misc., pollution, Science, wildlife
One of the key factors in establishing PDXSeafood, our sustainable seafood program, is the declining status of the worlds overfished oceans. I recently came across an article that was informative and worth a read. Click on the link below to access the article....
