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November 19, 2008
Klamath Deal is Cold Comfort for SF Bay Salmon Fishermen
The feds’ good news: ‘Peace in our time’ By Peter Jamison For California’s commercial salmon fishery, which repeatedly finds itself pummeled by bad breaks, the past week has brought an unusual flurry of decent news. Last Friday, federal and state officials announced an “agreement in prin ... More >>
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November 20, 2008
New Report Foresees a Short Road to Extinction for CA salmon
It’s Time to Panic. But Then What? By Peter Jamison I recently observed that San Francisco salmon fishermen, despite some relatively good news in an industry that of late has lumbered from one calamity to the next, are still pretty glum these days. That’s because a number of highly publicized ... More >>
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March 10, 2009
Plan Bee: Top S.F. Beekeeper Doubts 'Colony Collapse Disorder' Ever Existed -- and Many Scientists Agree
Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>
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March 6, 1996
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Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>
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April 10, 1996
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Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>
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February 25, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Five places to eat oysters in San Francisco
Buzz-Kill: Despite the press' fixation with 'Colony Collapse Disorder,' many scientists and beekeepers aren't convinced it's realPhilip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, "a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees." The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-sp ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Oyster Lovers Unite
This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.
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November 26, 2008
Arrrt for Swashbucklers
This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.
News
April 4, 2007
The Bee Buzz
S.F. beekeepers hope a mysterious plague doesn't destroy their hives.
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October 11, 2006
Last Voyage of the Relentless
Friends and family of a well-known fishing captain are convinced he and his deckhand were victims of a maritime hit-and-run near the Golden Gate
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March 5, 2003
The Same River Twice
Experiences unparalleled: feasting on grilled meat at Restaurant LuLu
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May 15, 2002
Best Chinese Restaurant
Koi Palace
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January 2, 2002
Traveling Companions
Gray whales are leading tourists, conservationists, and business operators on a rocky voyage toward economic and environmental salvation
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November 21, 2001
The New Economy
The road to Punta Abreojos is paved with hollow intentions
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May 23, 2001
Best Reason to Go to Fisherman's Wharf
Eagle Cafe
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March 1, 2000
Fins
Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.
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February 10, 1999
How We Slice It
Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.
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June 25, 1997
Honey, I Shrunk the Movie
Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.
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December 6, 1995
Dish
Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.
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May 22, 2009
Just What You Need Before a Weekend of Rib-Eating: The Latest in Swine Flu Conspiracy News
i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
In Praise of Imposter Lobster in South City
T. PalmerNot lobster, but not half bad either.Cruising the El and hankering for something cheap 'n fried, SFoodie made a guilty pleasure pit stop at Long John Silver's (1111 El Camino Real at Del Paso, South San Francisco) for some fish and chips and hush puppies. Inside the spot (which doubles a ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Lawyers for Fishermen, Leaky Dubai Star Tanker Talk -- But Disagree On What They Talked About
The opposing attorneys' stories seem to go together like oil and water...Lawyers representing aggrieved San Francisco fishermen and the oil-spewing Dubai Star tanker spoke this week. They can agree on that. But not on much else, it would seem. After reviewing the $10 million class-action suit ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights
The opposing attorneys' stories seem to go together like oil and water...Lawyers representing aggrieved San Francisco fishermen and the oil-spewing Dubai Star tanker spoke this week. They can agree on that. But not on much else, it would seem. After reviewing the $10 million class-action suit ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Does Large-Scale Urban Fish Farming Make Sense Here?
Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago TribuneA student at the Chicago High School of Agricultural Science checks on an experimental tank of tilapia.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Mission fishin': While the idea of urban farming continues to crackle through the zeitgeist, for most of us it's still more ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Food Fight
Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago TribuneA student at the Chicago High School of Agricultural Science checks on an experimental tank of tilapia.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Mission fishin': While the idea of urban farming continues to crackle through the zeitgeist, for most of us it's still more ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Pretenders, Protesters Show Up For Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
www.animalliberationfront.comChrissie Hynde ain't pretendinForeign trade deals don't need China and Japan in order to be successful, merely relevant. And they certainly don't need to be globe-busting in order to draw demonstrators: several events are planned today as the Trans-Pacific Partnership ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
Saul's Picks Up on Urban Beekeeping Buzz for Rosh Hashanah Talk
Saul'sA farkakta idea? Nobody ever got stung merely talking about beekkeping.Those hoping to learn more about the honey they're dipping challah and apples into during the Jewish High Holiday season can do so at Saul's Adventures in the Honey Harvest next Tuesday night. Topics for discussion i ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
EPA Honcho Jared Blumenfeld Saddened to Ditch Polluting Boat
How I miss old Jane...Jared Blumenfeld, San Francisco's former boss of both the Department of the Environment and Rec and Parks Department, was appointed in January as EPA administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific Islands. Also during the past year, he donated Jane, h ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Gas Mask Removed from Cow at Aquarium's Controversial Global Warming Exhibit
Humans in gas masks just aren't the sameA cow in a gas mask is a memorable image. That's probably why it was deployed, to great effect, in a recent exhibit on climate change at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. While this is the sort of thing that would doubtless please André Breton, dairy farmers -- n ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
A Timeline of Fishing in the San Francisco Bay
Humans in gas masks just aren't the sameA cow in a gas mask is a memorable image. That's probably why it was deployed, to great effect, in a recent exhibit on climate change at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. While this is the sort of thing that would doubtless please André Breton, dairy farmers -- n ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
What Fish You Can Buy, and When, in San Francisco
Humans in gas masks just aren't the sameA cow in a gas mask is a memorable image. That's probably why it was deployed, to great effect, in a recent exhibit on climate change at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. While this is the sort of thing that would doubtless please André Breton, dairy farmers -- n ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Go Fish: S.F.'s Coastal Foraging King Shows How to Fish (and Eat) Locally
Humans in gas masks just aren't the sameA cow in a gas mask is a memorable image. That's probably why it was deployed, to great effect, in a recent exhibit on climate change at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. While this is the sort of thing that would doubtless please André Breton, dairy farmers -- n ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Food Costs, Diet Drinking, and Buying the Right Fish
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. Pain at the Cart. At the New York Times, Kim Severson surveys the rising costs of food -- beef up 12%, tomatoes up 11%, milk up 7% -- and then puts it in in perspective: Globally, ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Becky Selengut Teaches How to Pick and Cook Good Fish
Becky Selengut, a cooking teacher and food writer based in Seattle, is coming to San Francisco this weekend to speak about and cook from her new book, Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Seafood Coast. On Saturday morning, she will be doing a cooking demo at the Ferry Plaza Farmers ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Mee Mee's Cow Ears and Coin Cookies, the Horror of Bycatch
Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. Mee Mee Bakery's macaroons.1. Mee Mee's sweets. Rice Plate Journal, my block-by-block survey of Chinatown restaurants, is finally hitting the dense restaurant zone of Powell an ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Millions of Bees Buzz in S.F. Backyards and Balconies
BotheredByBees/flickrSan Francisco is a gold mine -- not for the precious metal, though. We're talking about honey. Since the 2007 media furor over mysterious honeybee deaths, when alarming numbers of North American honeybee colonies suffered colony collapse, urban beekeeping has taken off. ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Organic Chicken Actually Proven to Be Safer
Alarmed by the recent outbreak of drug-resistent salmonella in ground turkey, which killed one Californian woman? The way to protect yourself might be to buy organic. Yesterday, NPR reported that a University of Maryland study found that big organic chicken farms have much lower levels of antibio ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
S.F. Plays Host to Millions of Bees
Alarmed by the recent outbreak of drug-resistent salmonella in ground turkey, which killed one Californian woman? The way to protect yourself might be to buy organic. Yesterday, NPR reported that a University of Maryland study found that big organic chicken farms have much lower levels of antibio ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Fog Harbor Fish House Cooks Sustainable Fish For the Masses
Photos by W. Blake GrayTrout ($18)Fog Harbor Fish House recently became the first restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf to commit to using 100% sustainable seafood. SF Weekly had never written anything about the restaurant, so I joined the flock of German and French tourists walking down Embarcader ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Pacific Salmon May Have Caught a Superbug
Factory farming is being held accountable for the the rise of antibiotic-resistent staph, virulent strains of E. coli, and now a powerful virus that has killed off huge numbers of Atlantic farmed salmon in Europe. But the latter seemed to be restricted to the ocean to the east of us until recently, ... More >>
News
November 16, 2011
Our Bay, Our Fish: Local Fishermen Can Now Sell Herring in S.F.
Factory farming is being held accountable for the the rise of antibiotic-resistent staph, virulent strains of E. coli, and now a powerful virus that has killed off huge numbers of Atlantic farmed salmon in Europe. But the latter seemed to be restricted to the ocean to the east of us until recently, ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
What Caused the Hole in the Local Salmon Population?
University of California, DavisBaby Coho salmon: worth protecting.In the latest episode of their new science podcast, Field Trip, local journalists Kara Platoni and Eric Simons set out to ask the question: Why exactly are all the fish in the ocean disappearing, and how do we measure how quickly ... More >>

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