Murkowski Questions China's Shellfish Ban

Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski questioned this week whether the Chinese ban on shellfish from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest might be about more than safety.

Maine Closes Lobster Harvest Area Over Mercury Concerns

A small area at the mouth of the Penobscot River in Maine is closed to the harvesting of lobsters and crabs due to concerns about mercury contamination.

Cod Shortage Hits Cape Cod

February 24, 2014 David Millward, The Telegraph

Falling catches have forced the fisherman of Cape Cod to tie up their boats and turn to the American government for a bailout to save the region's fishing community from a spiral of decline.

Flower Calendar – The Ranunculus

The ranunculcus will feature from week 9 to week 13 on the Flower Calendar at Funnyhowflowersdothat.co.uk. Here the consumer can read all about this flower, its name being Latin for little frog. Will you give the little frogs a springboard during these weeks?

The Story Behind The Olympic Flower Bouquets

February 24, 2014 Fides

The Russian took it really seriously that you have to hold the Olympic flower bouquet with one hand. The result: the Olympic flower bouquets aren’t the largest bouquet ever.