PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeway Inc.

Pew points to plunging whitetip numbers LA JOLLA, Calif., June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governments will soon have a chance to help conserve populations of oceanic whitetip sharks, which have declined so much in the eastern Pacific that catch numbers have been reduced to almost zero. Tuna fisheries are primarily responsible for the drastic decrease in population of one of the most prolific and widespread shark species, the oceanic whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus).

According to a new report based on genetic analysis, 30 percent of cannned tunas tested in a dozen countries were mislabeled or had other irregularities.

For anglers, fall represents one last chance to catch a variety of game fish that are only present in Southern California waters when warm water intrudes. In 2006, as we near the middle of October, a cornucopia of species abound.

By Chicago Tribune Jan. 28--A new government study bolsters the conclusions of a recent Tribune investigative series that found mercury contamination in a disturbingly large share of samples of the seafood that Americans love to saute on the grill and stuff into children's lunchboxes.