MAX BLAKE: Another taxonomy fail

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NEW GREENPEACE CAMPAIGN

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The secret catch in Princes tuna Sharks and turtles are killed as well as tuna in Princes' nets. Make them use better fishing methods http://links.mkt1875.com/ctt?kn=10&m=36190154&r=NDYwMjcyMjM2MAS2&b=0&j=OTI1NDkyODES1&mt=1&rt=0 Join Hugh's Fish Fight Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is campaigning to end the waste of fish discarded at sea. Sign up to find how you can help more » Hi there, Sustainable fish and fishing methods have been in the news a lot lately, thanks to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight series on Channel 4. He covered several of the issues we've been working on, graphically demonstrating the problems of fish discarded at sea and the bycatch of other marine life such as sharks and turtles. A Greenpeace investigation team even featured in the series, and if you missed it, you can still watch it online. Just before Hugh's Fish Fight started, we published our new tinned tuna league table, showing which supermarkets and leading brands are using the most sustainable fishing methods and which ones are responsible for killing sharks and turtles, and possibly even dolphins in their tuna nets. Princes is at the bottom for using one of the worst fishing methods around. So please email Mike Easterbrook, director of Princes, demanding that his company use more sustainable fishing methods like pole and line. While Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer and Waitrose come out on top, Princes has performed abysmally. It uses huge purse seine nets coupled with fish aggregating devices (or Fads) which don't just lure in tuna, but sharks, turtles and other fish as well. But before it was even published, our tuna league table produced results. Tesco got wind it had come last and made a rapid u-turn from its previous statements. It announced that, by the end of 2012, it aims to get 100 per cent of Tesco tinned tuna caught by pole and line, the most sustainable tuna fishing method. Of course, Tesco needs to make good on this promise but it was enough to move it from the bottom of the league table, leaving Princes with the wooden fish knife. Email Princes now and tell them to change their tuna. Thanks for your support, Jamie Woolley Greenpeace UK Share on: Facebook Twitter Forward this email to a friend » More Greenpeace goodness on the web We're also on Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, del.icio.us and twitter - come be our friend! If you would like to find out about getting active in your local area, visit http://links.mkt1875.com/ctt?kn=25&m=36190154&r=NDYwMjcyMjM2MAS2&b=0&j=OTI1NDkyODES1&mt=1&rt=0. Why have I received this email? Either because you have signed up for the Greenpeace e-bulletin or a friend has forwarded this onto you. How do I unsubscribe? To no longer receive these messages, please click here. How do I donate? To help us keep fighting climate change, defending our oceans and protecting ancient forests, you can make a regular donation by direct debit or a single payment by credit card. Thank you! Where do I send feedback? For feedback on the e-bulletin or the website, please email http://links.mkt1875.com/ctt?kn=26&m=36190154&r=NDYwMjcyMjM2MAS2&b=0&j=OTI1NDkyODES1&mt=1&rt=0. If you have any questions about membership, email supporter@uk.greenpeace.org, quoting your supporter reference number . Greenpeace Ltd, Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN (registered in London no 1314381, VAT registration no 62595)

NICK REDFERN REVIEWS `PARANORMAL AMERICA`

Countless books have been written - by believers and skeptics alike - on such paranormal topics as UFOs, Bigfoot, lake-monsters, ghosts, demons, the Bermuda Triangle, ESP, tarot-cards, and astrology. And on quite a bit more, too!The problem is that not only do the vast majority of those same books very often (albeit not necessarily deliberately) reflect the subconscious prejudices of their respective authors, but they tend to focus more so on the data, than they do on the witnesses to the respective phenomena and the personalities that investigate them.

Read on

CHAD ARMENT WRITES

I've started a series of facsimile (or close to facsimile) reprints of some short booklets of interest to cryptozoology and anomalous biology. The first two are:

The Doheny Scientific Expedition to the Hava Supai Canyon, Northern Arizona, October and November, 1924
http://www.coachwhipbooks.com/titles/havasupai-petroglyphs.html

Sculptured Anthropoid Ape Heads Found In or Near the Valley of the John Day River, a Tributary of the Columbia River, Oregon
http://www.coachwhipbooks.com/titles/anthropoid-ape-heads.html

The original booklets run $100-$300, now you can get them for less than ten bucks.

THE YEARBOOK IS COMING ON WELL

OK, it is taking much longer than I had originally envisaged, (mostly because of the Swine Flu, which laid Corinna, Graham and I low over what is euphemistically described as `The Festive Season`) but it is
taking shape very nicely. It is the longest one for years, and I hope that I shall be able to have a page count and a proper contents for you within the next few days....

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 2008 Heath Ledger was found dead. Ledger was posthumously awarded an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as the Joker in Batman movie The Dark Knight.
And now, the news:

Mountain lion sighting confirmed in Chesterfield
Norwegian boy sees off pack of wolves with blast o...
Gang members snort ashes they mistook for drugs
Paul the Octopus gets memorialized

His finest hour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya85knuDzp8

SHUKERNATURE - THE BOOK: Another new project from Karl Shuker

http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2011/01/shukernature-book.html