http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Sustainable seafood) en-us Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit?start=0 <p>This episode of Earth Focus looks at the dark side of shrimp and smart phone industries. Reports from Thailand, Bangladesh, and Indonesia uncover the brutal exploitation of people and the environment for profit.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit Environment, Sustainable seafood, Overfishing, Shrimp, Environmental degradation, Prawn, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tin The tiger prawn industry in Thailand exploits people and the environment. Small fish and juvenile sharks, caught by Thai trawlers operating illegally in foreign waters from Indonesia to Bangladesh, are ground into fishmeal for prawn food. As fishing stocks are depleted, local fishermen are affected. Thai trawlers operators often hire Burmese workers who are exploited and abused. The Thai prawn industry is the largest of its kind in the world and markets prawns to European consumers. Watch this original investigative report by Swed Watch, a Swedish organization reporting on Swedish business relations in developing countries. http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit?start=530 <p>This episode of Earth Focus looks at the dark side of shrimp and smart phone industries. Reports from Thailand, Bangladesh, and Indonesia uncover the brutal exploitation of people and the environment for profit.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit Environment, Sustainable seafood, Overfishing, Shrimp, Environmental degradation, Prawn, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tin The corrupt practices, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation caused by the shrimp industry are exposed in an original investigative report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. Find out how shrimp from Bangladesh, exposed to pesticides and injected with dirty water, may be toxic to your health. http://news.linktv.org/videos/menhaden-the-most-important-fish-in-the-bay?start=0 Menhaden may be the most important fish in Atlantic coastal waters. They filter up to four gallons of water a minute and they are a key part of the ocean food chain. But now they are disappearing at an alarming rate -- harvested for omega 3 oil, fishmeal, and poultry feed. Tue, 29 May 2012 12:19:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/menhaden-the-most-important-fish-in-the-bay Menhaden, Atlantic Ocean, Overfishing, Chesapeake Bay, Sustainable seafood, Fish farming, Food Chain, Fish, Fish meal, Earth Never heard of Menhaden? It's time you did. Menhaden may be the most important fish in Atlantic coastal waters. They filter up to four gallons of water a minute and they are a key part of the ocean food chain. But now they are disappearing at an alarming rate -- harvested for omega 3 oil, fishmeal, and poultry feed. The potential loss of the Menhaden threatens the ecology of major US marine areas including the Chesapeake Bay. Students at American University's Center for Environmental Filmmaking made the award-winning film "Menhaden: The Most Important Fish in the Bay." They share the story of the Menhaden and the making of the film with Earth Focus. http://news.linktv.org/videos/earth-focus-oceans-turning-the-tide?start=560 One out of three fish sold in the US is mislabeled. And this hurts your wallet, your health and the environment. Oceana's new campaign aims to put an end to seafood fraud. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:30:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/earth-focus-oceans-turning-the-tide Ocean, Marine conservation, Overfishing, Seafood, Marine biology, Sustainable seafood, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Marine dead zones, Fish farming, Oceana One out of three fish sold in the US is mislabeled. And this hurts your wallet, your health and the environment. Oceana's new campaign aims to put an end to seafood fraud.