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Fear the Frankenfish: Beneath the Gills of the Genetically Engineered Salmon

A quick-developing, nutritious, cheap fish with no negative health or environmental impacts? Many scientists say it sounds good—almost too good.

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Watch Your Mouth: Sea Bass, My Ass

How consumers fell for the dubious origins of the "certified-sustainable Chilean sea bass" hook, line, and sinker.

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Why the Past Matters for the Future of Fish

As we eat further down the food chain, what will the future of fish look like?

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Uncovering Fictitious and Fraudulent Fish with the Barcodes of Life

Could the DNA barcodes used to expose widespread fish fraud also become a shopper's best friend?

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Superb Idea: Pay Fishermen to Catch Trash

A pilot project will begin this month which will pay fishermen to ease up on taxed European fish stocks and catch plastic trash instead.

Photographs: Corey Arnold's Fish-Work Slideshow: Corey Arnold's Captivating Photos of Life on an Alaskan Crab Boat

Take a look behind your seafood into the crazy and captivating world of Alaskan commercial fishermen with Corey Arnold's latest book: Fish-Work.

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Image of the Day: Aquarium Phonebooth

Lighting designer Benoit Deseille and artist Benedetto Bufalino transformed this phone booth into an aquarium, as part of Lyon's Festival of Light.

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Costco Agrees to Sell Sustainable Seafood: Victory, Paradox, or Both?

Costco has finally updated a sustainable seafood policy. It's a really big deal, but it poses some equally big questions.

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With All the Lies About Sustainable Fish, Two San Franciscans Get on the Boat

What if the only way not to get duped was to go out and meet the fishermen yourself? That's what one restaurant decided it had to do.

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Beyond the PR Stunt That Was the "Blacklisted Seafood" Dinner Legal Seafood's Blacklist Fish Dinner

Overfished Atlantic cod: should you eat it or not? The answer is less straightforward and much more interesting than you might have thought.

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Food for Thinkers: Traces of the Future

From dried fish bones in Qatar and early descriptions of the tomato in English cookbooks to the difficulty of reconstructing historical kitchens.

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Undercover Fish Testing Reveals Mercury at Three Times Federal Limits

Scary new data show fish in California grocery stores have high levels of mercury. Should you forgo sushi? It's a little hard to say.

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Image of the Day: "New World Transparent Specimens"

The artist and former fishery student Iro Tomita injects sea creatures with colorful dyes that reveal their complex skeletal systems.

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Intermission: Majestic Views of the World's Largest Aquarium

Stillmotion made this lovely short video of the Georgia Aquarium, the largest in the world.

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Video: How to Eat Sushi

You may think you know how to eat raw fish, but are you missing some of the finer points? Probably.

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The First Ever Ocean Census Is Revealed

The 10-year-in-the-making document is available for download, and includes amazing interactive maps about the appalling state of our oceans.