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Yasawa Princess Cruise June 2010

cushty — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:53:29 +0000

Some pictures from our trip to the Maldives. Crusing for 2 weeks onboard The Yasawa Princess.

Fish Farm?

cushty — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:01:27 +0000

This is nuts: It takes around 6 tonnes of wild fish to reduce to 1 tonne of fishmeal, and then anything from 1.5 to 3 tonnes of meal to produce 1 tonne of farmed salmon. Comprende? we catch and kill 6 tonnes of wild fish to turn it in to 1 tonne of fishmeal…to then feed to other fish…to then kill and eat.

“Farmed fish are fed oils and meal made from other fish: close to a third of the catch from the world’s fisheries is used for non-food products, with the majority being converted into fishmeal and fish oil.” (read more)

Now, I like a salmon steak as much as anyone, but if this is the main way we have of producing ‘farmed’ fish, then something is sadly wrong don’t you think?

Bluefin Tuna

cushty — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:05:22 +0000

Bluefin Tuna and Scuba Diver

This is very worrying. “A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic Bluefin tuna, which is a sushi mainstay in Japan, has been rejected by a UN wildlife meeting. Stocks have fallen by about 85% since the industrial fishing era began”

This quote says it all ” The market for this fish is just too lucrative… for enough governments to support a truly sustainable future for the fish ”

Care care sadness

cushty — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:14:13 +0000

Car Care bliss. Luverly new sheepskin wash mitts to wash my car with . Just delivered from http://www.sheepskinshop.co.uk/ . I know, It’s really far too sad for words. I am ashamed and need help.

Royal Yacht Britannia Leith, Edinburgh

cushty — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:02:58 +0000

Nobody could ever accuse me of being a fan of the Royal Family, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to see the Royal Yacht Britannia. The yacht was retired in 1997 and is now open as a museum piece. It took us a good couple of hours to complete the tour which was well worth the £10.50 entrance fee. Honest . It was really interesting! The official website : http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/

Here’s a few piccies:

Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens

cushty — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:40:42 +0000

Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens September 2009 – photos