Do prawns feel pain? Why scientists are urging a rethink of Australia’s favoured festive food https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/crustaceans-feelings-sentient-christmas-new-year-prawns-australia

#AnimalRights #marinelife #prawns #Australia #GoVegan

Do prawns feel pain? Why scientists are urging a rethink of Australia’s favoured festive food https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/crustaceans-feelings-sentient-christmas-new-year-prawns-australia

#AnimalRights #marinelife #prawns #Australia

How to make sustainable seafood choices this Christmas to ease the pressure on Australia’s oceans

"Last year the market traded about 350 tonnes of seafood over the Christmas period, with 120t of prawns and 70,000 dozen oysters among the top sellers...Australian Marine Conservation Society’s GoodFish guide aims to showcase the most environmentally friendly seafood sources."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/22/how-to-make-sustainable-seafood-choices-this-christmas-to-ease-the-pressure-on-australias-oceans

'Sustainable Fishing' is a Lie
"Fishing sustainability is based on a pseudoscientific theory that justifies taking the most marine life for maximum profit. Sustainable fishing is a deception, a myth motivated by the ideology that life on Earth belongs to humankind."
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https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/sustainable-fishing-is-based-on
#ocean #MarineConservation #biodiversity #wildlife #MarineLife #SustainableSeafood #prawns #BBQ #FishNChips #seafood #salmon #Christmas #OverFishing #stocks #yield #MSY #fishing #regulations #extraction #FoodWebs

Ocean life mural, Mid North Coast, NSW

#Noodles #soup - 2 kinds to choose from - with #pork & #prawns & steamed #AsianGreens.

#AsianMastodon #FamilyDinner #Food #homecooked #ChineseFood #AsianFood #CulturalFood #TraditionalFood #POCfoods #GlobalSouthFood #NoodleLovers #Noods #BowlMeals

Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.

Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism

#Detectives in NW #England are fishing for clues after £100 000 worth of #prawns were nicked from a secure facility in #Merseyside

#seafood #theft #crime #fish #UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c701n87d2z3o