Mar 2009

One globe, one ocean?

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In elementary school, I was taught there are four oceans--the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian and the Arctic. Each one was neatly labeled on the pull down map that covered the chalkboard. And while it was a little more ambiguous on the globe where waters merged together unaware of the man-made lines dividing them, I grew up confident in my knowledge that there are four oceans.

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A bureaucratic mishmash

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Are you sure that's haddock you are eating? A new report out from the Government Accountability Office says seafood fraud is rampant, and cites a lack of coordination between the panoply of agencies charged with overseeing the fishing industry. Read the story from USA Today here. Read More...
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