Fish

Salon/Mignon Khargie Sushi to die for

Will bluefin tuna survive our insatiable appetite for status and taste?
By Katharine Mieszkowski Jul 27, 2009

  • Genetic modification kills sex drive in trout

    British fishermen are jubilant: The altered fish are easier to catch.
    By Andrew Leonard May 7, 2008

  • The fish-eating conundrum

    Think you've got the guidelines straight for pregnant women's fish consumption? Think again.
    By Carol Lloyd October 5, 2007

  • A Bengali bounty

    In Bengali mythology -- and in my mother's kitchen -- fish has always been a delicious symbol of prosperity, fertility and pleasure.
    By Chitrita Banerji July 3, 2007

  • The end of the line

    Author Charles Clover on the scourge of overfishing, disgraceful restaurants, and yes, sustainable McDonald's.
    By Samuel Fromartz June 20, 2007

  • Mothers should feast on fish?

    A report says pregnant women can raise their child's IQ by eating fish.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory February 16, 2007

  • For the fishies

    A libertarian rationale for world government
    By Andrew Leonard August 28, 2006

  • Heavy-metal madness

    A report by two congressmen downplays the connection between toxic mercury emissions and human health.
    By Amanda Griscom Little February 26, 2005

  • "Farmed and dangerous"

    In front of a Whole Foods grocery store in San Francisco, environmentalists and fishermen agree: Salmon raised on fish farms are pallid, polluting affronts to nature!
    By Katharine Mieszkowski November 7, 2003

  • The mystery-meat lobby bites back

    Slapping country-of-origin labels on food products would benefit the global environment as well as American producers. So why did Congress just gut the new labeling bill?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 17, 2003

  • The fish are OK

    Never mind the appalling state of the world's overfished oceans, say U.S. fishery managers. They're doing the best they can, and they don't need more regulation.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 19, 2003

  • Only the flat survive

    The mighty Pacific halibut is thriving, even as dozens of other big fish species are being commercially harvested out of existence. How is this googly-eyed monster defying the odds?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 5, 2003

  • "The Helldivers' Rodeo"

    Low on air, hooked to a writhing 300-pound fish and bouncing around 200 feet underwater, even the best spear fishers don't always make it.
    By Humberto Fontova September 10, 2001

  • Buying short

    Why prancing dwarves didn't fly for Long John Silver's.
    By Ruth Shalit August 7, 2000

  • Meat is gross, but it tastes good

    Desperate to find that my hunger for animal flesh was alien, I overlooked the fact that it was all too human.
    By Sallie Tisdale May 18, 2000

  • Dead fish stink up Rio's Carnival

    Polluted harbor has partyers holding their noses.
    By J.A. Getzlaff March 16, 2000

  • Why I stopped being a vegetarian

    It's anti-social, not necessarily healthful -- and besides, meat tastes good!
    By Laura Fraser January 7, 2000

  • A true fish story

    Fish breath may be the only side effect to the latest antidepressant.
    By Michael Alvear September 9, 1999

  • The deep

    Floating 130 feet below the surface brings one diver face-to-face with a seven-foot shark. A tale of terror in the depths of the ocean off Indonesia's coast.
    By Christian McIntosh July 31, 1998

  • Mondo Weirdo

    More tales of amazing festivals and strange nights around the world.
    October 21, 1997
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