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...their load once they've hit the quota for their home country's fishing area, known as an exclusive economic zone. At the same time, demand keeps rising in wealthy countries for nutritious, and delicious, white-fish meat from species that have become increasingly hard to find closer to shore. "All fisheries are turning gradually into deep-sea fisheries because they have fished themselves out of the shallow waters," says Robert Steneck, a marine ecologist at the University of Maine. "The solution is not going into the deep sea, but better managing the shallow waters, where fish live fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laying Waste to the Deep Sea | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...make whites "think well of themselves"? Millions of black and white Americans deeply admire Oprah Winfrey and Senator Obama for their character, energy and ideas, not because of skin color or guilt. Every step Americans take toward common ground will bring all those who sell hopelessness a step closer to a richly deserved obscurity. Margaret E. Young, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Crimson never led, and the game’s outcome was hardly in doubt. Five straight points by Blackbirds’ freshman David Hicks helped Long Island jump out to a 7-0 lead in the game’s first two minutes, and Harvard would never get closer than five the rest...

Author: By Kevin C. Reyes, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Loses Third in a Row on the Road | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...This is bunk. Throughout his career, Romney always has been the same man: Mr. Fix-it. Romney is a problem-solver, who stresses data—not ideology—in his decisions, and so has changed his mind over the years. But a closer look at Romney reveals he isn’t the unscrupulous vote scrounger his opponents claim...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Real Romney | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...Thursday, 27 European leaders will gather in Lisbon to sign a reform treaty, which is designed to streamline E.U. decision-making - an occasion they will unfailingly describe as proud, historic and symbolic. But as they put their pens to the document aimed at bringing the E.U. closer to its citizens, the enduring image is likely to be far less glorious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The EU Treaty's Flying Circus | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

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