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...sensitive to ultraviolet radiation. Stronger sunlight, caused by depletion of the ozone layer, may be killing them. The situation may be exacerbated by the fact that cod don't start migrating until they reach about three years old, when they begin by following the mature adults. But, says Jake Rice, head of the Canadian government's Science Advisory Secretariat, "the severe overfishing of adults meant that there were no adults to learn from. The fish now probably don't know how to migrate." And there is another possible brake on cod recovery - seals, which...
...Hanoi, surrounded by hill-tribe villages. From Sapa, the route goes southwest to Dien Bien Phu, the battlefield of the historic Viet Minh victory that spelled the end of French colonial rule, and finally to Mai Chau, a picturesque valley of traditional White Thai tribe stilt houses and rice paddies set amid craggy limestone cliffs. Motorbiking Vietnam (www.motorbikingvietnam.com) offers tours with Vietnamese-speaking guides and mechanics. Or rent your own bike from Phuong Duc Cuong, the legendary Minsk mechanic at 40 Luong Ngoc Quyen Street in Hanoi's old quarter...
STRANGE BREW "Young sister, you drink ruou?you must have some more," the flush-faced butcher insisted, waving the bottle in my direction. With the glowing benevolence of a newfound friend, he poured the berry red medicinal rice wine into tiny teacups. Someone shouted the ubiquitous toast "Mot tram phan tram" (which means 100%) as we downed the liquor with one gulp and, in my case, with a grimace. Binh and his fellow butchers had been sitting around the tea stall in Cao Bang market for an hour, and we were on our third round of ruou and feeling little...
...Rice Thresher...
China has also begun to extend protectionism under the guise of concerns about food safety. For example, a strain of “super rice” developed at the National Rice Institute in Hangzhou has been banned from production for food. After its entry into the World Trade Organization this year, China has become more aggressive about making excuses to keep its markets closed to international competition. The recent concern with the health effects of genetically-modified food—in a country that once enthusiastically embraced such technology—points to economic self-interest over any real...