by Meg | Mar 24, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Environmental Impact, Sustainable seafood
As we were gearing up for the next PDXSeafood season (hiring new interns and planning our outreach activities) we came across Oceana’s new by-catch report. It’s pretty alarming and the estimates for US by-catch is sobering to say the least: United States...
by Meg | Jun 26, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Science, Sustainable seafood
*Tomorrow our first menus come out! Make sure to comment if you see them!* Did you know that 118 million tons of fish are extracted from oceans each year? Yep that’s a MILLION TONS! And what’s even scarier is that we expect this number to increase by an...
by Meg | Jun 24, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Sustainable seafood
As our first menus appear this week I thought it would be an awesome idea to start a blog conversation about sustainable seafood and why we should care. Throughout the week I’ll be highlighting the four major reasons we should all be concerned about eating...
by ddishman | Jun 17, 2013 | Around PDX, Sustainable seafood |
PDXWildlife is excited to announce that the first of our PDXSeafood logos are scheduled to roll out on restaurant menus next week! We’re so proud! So keep an eye out for these fish the next time you’re out to eat: Planning to go on a sustainable seafood...
by Meg | Jun 9, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, pollution, Science, wildlife
Did you know that this past week our lovely city Portland hosted World Environmental Day? We were chosen for our environtmentally friendly city. Way to go Portland, we’re proud of you!
by ddishman | May 9, 2013 | Around PDX, Science
Who wants lunch? If you’ve been following us here at PDXWildlife you know we’re big fans of sustainable seafood. And so is our home state! As a result of grants from the Farm to School and School Garden bill, schools in Bend, Oregon have implemented a...