The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
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The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
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Re: The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
#2From the Monterey Bay SeaFood Watch application I have on my Iphone...
"Rating: Avoid - All populations of bluefin tuna are being caught faster than they can reproduce. Bluefin is being further depleted by ranching operations that collect small bluefin and raise them to full size to sell primarily to the sushi market"
Best alternatives are: Albacore (U.S Pacific), Bigeye, Skipjack (Troll), Yellowfin.
Re: The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
#3It's too bad toro is just so god damned delicious.
Re: The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
#4It's too bad toro is just so god damned delicious.
Not to mention heavily fortified with nutritious mercury compounds!
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#5This reminded me a discussion on the public radio a few months ago.
Here is an interesting fact: "Japan imports 90% of the world’s blue-fin for use in sushi and other dishes" [1]
http://www.pri.org/science/environment/ban-bluefin-tuna-trad...
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#7This reminded me a discussion on the public radio a few months ago. Here is an interesting fact: "Japan imports 90% of the world’s blue-fin for use in sushi and other dishes" [1] http://www.pri.org/science/environment/ban-bluefin-tuna-trad...
And then exports some of that back to sushi restaurants the world over.
Re: The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
#8It's too bad toro is just so god damned delicious.
Agreed Toro is amazing.
Re: The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
#9All fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. I've experienced it first hand having fished offshore for 20 years. In those 20 years, I've seen stocks decline drastically across many, many species.
Cut your fish consumption to 1/5 of your current consumption now, or you are the problem.
Re: The Last of the Bluefin Tuna?
#10More oceans should get their own domains.