The Story Of Sushi, Short Film Made Entirely From Hand-Crafted Miniatures, Warns Of The Dangers Of The Fish Industry (VIDEO)

The Story Of Sushi, a short film created for Bamboo Sushi restaurant in Portland, Oregon, has a pretty depressing take on the state of the world's sushi. The four minute film dives into issues of sustainability and overfishing, and is worth watching if you need a primer on how fishing works (or if you want to get really sad).

Beyond the learning component, though, the real reason to watch this clip is because of the amazing hand-crafted miniatures. In fact, the film took seven months to complete. That's pretty painstaking work -- and definitely worth four minutes of your time.

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Comments

[DanoX]

09:33 AM on 03/01/2012

They left out where the happy guilt free man in the green shirt at the end shells out $160 for those three pieces of sushi.

[ithinkican12]

01:19 AM on 03/04/2012

Ethical sushi only really costs a few dollars more overall for the sushi, I purchase it frequently. A five to ten dollar increase

Check out Seafood Watch by the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California or OceanWise by the Vancouver Aquarium in BC. They both have smartphone apps that you can use to your advantage and maps that pinpoint locations of restaurants, grocery stores, and seafood suppliers that serve sustainable seafood.

It's attitudes like yours, sarcasm or not, that are precisely the reason we have this problem. Pointing fingers at the wealthy buying rare fish isn't going to solve anything.

If everyone does nothing, we'll have nothing for everybody. This is a global responsibility and requires global initiative.

[ithinkican12]

01:22 AM on 03/04/2012

Pardon me, I didn't finish one of my sentences. It should say, a five to ten dollar increase in the price of your meal in total is the most you should expect. It will likely be less than that.

An ethical sushi combo still only costs about $10 to $12 and though this is more than the $8 or so than I'd expect, I am perfectly fine with paying this because it will ensure that I have sushi for the rest of my life instead of for the next 40 years.

[WaitForIt]

02:45 PM on 02/29/2012

Actually, the rarity of the fish had little to do with the price.

The restaurateur who purchased it wanted to give Japan a boost with his record-settings purchase. he was also looking for the publicity to help his restaurant.

[lakabux]

12:58 PM on 02/29/2012

How can anything happen to fix this. The current regulatory environment is looking to reduce restrictions. The profit margin is so huge. A 593 lb bluefin tuna recently sold in Japan for $736,000. That works out to $1240 per pound! As long as the wealthy are willing to pay huge sums for rare fish, stocks will continue to decline, and regulations will continue to be ignored or gutted.

One day they will be gone, and we will be looking around wondering what happened.

[DanoX]

09:32 AM on 03/01/2012

That was the first fish on opening day. It is a publicity stunt. Read WaitForit's post.

[lakabux]

10:56 AM on 03/01/2012

Oh good. So there's absolutely nothing to worry about then. I'm so relieved. *sarcasm off*