fábulas sustentáveis

Shrimp that eats fish is a problem. Especially if that fish can be eaten by people. If you wonder Where Do All the Little Fish Go? ...forage fish or ‘small pelagics’, make up a huge part of the global catch.  All those anchovy, sardines, menhaden, herring, and other small shoaling fish can add up to roughly a third of all the fish landed, and the majority are not destined for direct human consumption.

. Seat, think, stop, be efficient. The silly daily routine of a PhD student in the last year.* My pomodoro  needs at least 2 hours. I think I'm a pumpkin kind. By the way this post took me 10 minutes...I should be finishing the graphs about Portuguese consumers knowledge about seafood! * S. tomorrow we will do some tomate juice ;).  We need to celebrate the end of your thesis with bloody mary !

A Picture is Worth...Surfriders' Catch of the Day .

Lisboa em Si has, as special goal, to explore the musical possibilities of a riverside city.  The sights and hills of Lisbon presented as a natural amphitheatre to a variety of sounds and textures that characterize her in such an unique and seductive way.  From Lisbon to Lisbon... from its daily and urban sounds to an unrepeatable musical journey. 7 minutes, and 7 hills, in one city, one stage, for one audience, one moment! Sweden and all Swedish people... happy happy happy  midsummer !

A lot of people ask about the sustainability of eating tuna. With the new Sushi food habits worldwide, people are more aware about this fish. It always depends on which tuna species  we are talking about. There are several...from different oceans, different stocks and caught in different ways. Above all, tuna is a top predator. It is the same as eating a lion. Nowadays Portuguese eat more tuna than ever. It is one of the most consumed fish . Why? Because it is canned, available and easy to prepare. The stocks are one problem but there is another one: tuna accumulates bio-toxins, as mercury. Turns out that about three-quarters of it comes from coal-burning power plants; it dissolves in water, where micro-organisms convert it to methylmercury, a bio-available and highly toxic form that builds up in fish.  The longer a fish lives, the more mercury builds in its flesh. So if environment is not enough, a health message seems to be an efficient way to communicat...

Send me news from over there Who’ll be staying Come and embrace me Hold me tight I’m arriving Freedom to leave is what I like No planning Better still is the freedom to arrive When I want Every day is coming and going Life is repeating at the station There are people arriving to stay There are people leaving forever There are people who want to depart There are people who want to stay There are people who just came to look There are people laughing and crying And so, arriving and leaving Are only two sides Of the same journey The train that arrives Is the same train that departs The time to say hello Is also the time for good-bye The platform of this station Is the life of this place of mine The life of this place of mine It’s life It's life. Always with hellos and good-byes. Enjoy it.

​ In The Perfect Protein, Andy Sharpless shows how seafood is the healthiest, cheapest, most environmentally friendly source of animal protein on Earth.  Sharpless contends that we must save the world’s seafood not only to protect marine life and biodiversity but also to stave off the coming humanitarian crisis.  With Earth’s human population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050—adding the equivalent of two Chinas to current numbers—we need wild fish more than ever to feed us (especially the nearly 1 billion of the world’s poorest people who rely on seafood as their main source of animal protein).  The bad news is that wild fish populations are in decline because of overfishing, destruction of habitat, and bycatch.  We are grinding up small “reduction” fish such as anchovies, mackerel, and sardines into feed for salmon and other farmed animals even though these overlooked fish are delicious and packed with health-boosting omega-3 fatty acids—and could feed mi...

Worst than any fish that is killed to eat, is the fish killed and thrown out without use neither control. What a waste! The new, reformed Common Fisheries Policy says: Discarding, that is the practice of throwing unwanted fish overboard, is estimated at 23% of total catches (substantially more in some fisheries!).  This unacceptable practice will be phased out with a precise timeline for implementation (progressively between 2015 and 2019) and in combination with some flanking measures. Fishermen will be obliged to land all the commercial species that they catch.  Under-sized fish can generally not be sold for human consumption.  Member States have to make sure that their fishing vessels are equipped to ensure full documentation of all fishing and processing activities so as to monitor compliance with the obligation to land all catches.  This ban will lead to more reliable data on fish stocks, support better management and improve resource efficiency....

Eating for a Healthy Planet: Trailer from dragonfly on Vimeo . The environmental impact of livestock agriculture is so significant, that going one day a week meat-free achieves more greenhouse gas reductions than eating all-local foods, seven days a week. We must not forget the fish! Especially in Portugal. It can not happen to turn a meat-free meal in a fish-ok meal. Vegetables, we love you.