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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Not to disappoint those who love to find fault with the
man who should be President, but mayhap you will read this and look for
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<H1><SPAN class=storyby><FONT size=3>Al Gore's fish dinner turns out
Green</FONT></SPAN></H1><SPAN class=storyby>By Catherine Elsworth</SPAN><BR><BR>
<DIV style="FLOAT: left"><SPAN class=filed>Last Updated: <SPAN
style="COLOR: #000">12:01am BST</SPAN> 19/07/2007</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=story2>Al Gore, the world's most high profile green campaigner,
was at the centre of an embarrassing row yesterday after the serving of a
rare fish at his daughter's Beverly Hills
wedding.<BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P></P> <BR>Just one week after Live Earth, his global musical spectacular
to raise awareness of environmental issues, the former vice-president attended a
rehearsal dinner for his daughter's marriage that featured Chilean sea bass.
Sarah Gore, 28, a medical student, was married to the Los Angeles businessman
Bill Lee at the Beverly Hills Hotel on July 14. <BR> <BR>The night before
the wedding, People magazine reported, the Gores were at a dinner for 75 at the
nearby Crustacean restaurant where a six-course tasting menu included Chilean
sea bass - also known as Patagonian toothfish.<BR> <BR>The reaction was
swift: writing in in the Australian Daily Telegraph, Rebecca Keeble of Humane
Society International, a conservation pressure group, complained of the danger
to the species from "from illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
activities".<BR>She noted that "more than 50 per cent of toothfish traded is
illegally caught, and includes juveniles vital to the ongoing toothfish
population". She called on the US government to help crack down on illegal
fishing by sanctioning Spain for allowing its nationals to fish illegally for
the species in conservation areas.<BR> <BR>And in the meantime, she acidly
suggested, "Al Gore could choose something else to eat". Her attack on the
former vice-president, and his implied hypocrisy, were rapidly picked up by
bloggers around the world.<BR> <BR>But the fish enjoyed by the Gores were
not endangered or illegally caught.<BR> <BR>Rather, the restaurant later
confirmed, they had come from one of the world's few well-managed, sustainable
populations of toothfish, and caught and documented in compliance with Marine
Stewardship Council regulations. The Gores' spokesman, Kalee Kreider, admitted
that the fish has been on the menu, but said: "The Gores absolutely agree with
this humane society and the rest of the environmental community about illegally
caught Chilean sea bass.<BR> <BR>"The problem is huge. This is unfortunate,
we have been in touch with the society today. The really important thing is that
people become more aware of this issue."<BR></FONT><BR> <BR> <BR>
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