Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Demenagement....Moving....

J'ai demenage !!!

I have moved !!!




http://ilovethelight.hautetfort.com/




See you there !

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Tuna company John West blamed for death of sharks in nets

Britain's best-selling brand of tinned tuna is responsible for killing thousands of rare sharks and turtles every year, a new report claims.

Although most tinned tuna is advertised as "dolphin-friendly", many other creatures are still being caught in huge nets.

And John West is bottom of an environmentally friendly league table, according to a Greenpeace study out today.

It says the fish-aggregation devices (FADs) used to attract tuna also attract other species, including some of the most endangered turtles and sharks. Sainsbury's tuna is the only brand fished using solely sustainable methods.

Greenpeace's David Ritter said: "If the fishing industry is going to be truly sustainable, they must support the introduction of large-scale marine reserves."

Tuna stocks have dwindled so much due to over-fishing in recent years that the industry is already on the brink of collapse.

A John West spokesman said last night: "We take our responsibility to the marine environment extremely seriously. Our selection procedure in appointing suppliers is very rigorous."

BEST.. AND THE WORST

1 SAINSBURY'S: Their own-brand is the only one that is entirely fished using sustainable methods

2 CO-OP: Around 50 per cent of the Co-op's tinned tuna is caught using pole and line.

3 MARKS & SPENCER: Good seafood procurement policy, but use some fishing boats with FADs.

4 ASDA: Show awareness of the problems, but tins fail to say how the fish was caught.

5 MORRISONS: Some awareness, but a great deal of their tuna comes from fishing boats using FADs.

6 TESCO: Majority of Tesco tuna comes from boats that have no restrictions on using FADs.

7 PRINCES: No restrictions on FADs and tins don't say how the fish was caught.

8 JOHN WEST: Never tells consumers how tuna was caught, no restrictions on FADs, no support for reserves and uses tuna from threatened stocks.


ps1: For the one in UK , please think about it next time you will buy a tuna can!

ps 2 : les marques cites etant anglaises, je ne vous ai pas traduit l'article.






Picture of one of my favourite shark species !

mako among ten most endangered species

Le requin Mako vient de faire son entree sur la liste des 10 especes les plus en danger.Il rejoint ainsi le rhinoceros noir, le panda, le tigre, le beluga, 2 especes de tortues, le perroquet a joues vertes, l'acajou a grandes feuilles, et la goldenseal (herbe traditionellement utilise par les amerindiens, on la trouve couramment dans des complements alimentaires).
Un maturite tardive, un rythme de reproduction lent avec un nombre de portee limite , associe a sa surpeche pour satisfaire la demande en ailerons des marches asiatiques ont aboutit a cette situation dramatique.
Il est donc en danger a cause de ca



un bol de soupe qui peut etre vendu 100 dollars...
On le retrouve aussi occasionnellement sur les etals des poissoneries.
Bientot la seule facon d'en voir un, ce sera en photo....





The Mako Shark is highly sought for its tender meat, and especially in Asian markets. Some of the species are merely stripped of their prized fins by the international fishing fleets and then are thrown back into the depths, left to die.
Fins are now among the world's most expensive fisheries products. Values vary according to color, size, and thickness of fins. In Hong Kong, shark fin soup can fetch almost US$100 for a single serving, and wholesale pricing for fins can range from a low of US$40 to more than US$550 per kilo. As with most shark species, Mako Sharks are particularly susceptible to overfishing because they have long life cycles, resulting in the species being fished twice as fast as they are able to produce. Mako Sharks mature in seven to twelve years and only then produce small litters of baby sharks in their lifetime.
According to the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) the top 10 most endangered species are:
Black Rhino
Giant Panda
Tiger
Beluga Sturgeon
Goldenseal
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle
Big Leaf Mahogany
Green-Cheeked Parrot
Mako Shark




Image:Sea Sheperd

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

I love the light - NYC - 3





I love the light- NYC - 2







I love the Light - NYC - 1

Il etait temps que ce blog face honneur a son titre alors voici quelques photos tres " I Love The Light " de New York

Here are some pictures from New York, very " I love the light" kind of pictures actually :-)







Back In Scotland

Me voici revenue depuis vendredi soir du cote est de l'atlantique....le retour a la realite n'est pas facile et je n'ai qu'une envie : repartir et vite !
le vol de retour ne s'est pas passe tout a fait comme prevu .....
Sachant que je devais partir a 17h de JFK avec Delta Airlines , la photo ci-dessous vous offre un debut de reponse !

End of holidays, I am back in Scotland since friday evening after a non smooth flight. I was supposed to leave NYC at 5 pm traveling with Delta Airline but actually there was some last minutes troubles with my reservation and I finally happen to take a Air France flight 5 hours after.....it was kind of a tense time and I started to be relieved only when sitting on the plane ! Due to this change I have missed my connection in Paris and have to wait 6 hours for the next flight to Aberdeen...Nice :-(



Ce "leger" changement m'a valut 6 heures d'attente a Charles de Gaulle et une arrivee en soiree a Aberdeen.

Sitot arrivee ca a ete labo,pas de temps a perdre car dans 2 semaines je m'envole pour une semaine de genomique a Dubrovnick



This week end I was in the lab , no time to loose as I am going to Dubrovnick for a seminar at the end of the month !