Bluefin

WATCH: Giant Tuna Gets Butchered Like A Boss

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hideo Kuribara, Kindai, Sushi, Video, Bluefin, Kindai Bluefin, Del Posto, Bluefin Tuna, Food News

Only a handful of Kindai tuna get flown to the U.S. every week. The Kindai is farmed from bluefin eggs in Japan, a process that some call more sustain...

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Overfishing 101: Counting Fish

Lee Crockett | Posted 12.20.2011

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How heavy is 35,000 metric tons? For starters, it's the weight of 193 jumbo jets or 2,917 African elephants. It's also the amount of Atlantic bluefin tuna that have exceeded the official catch quota in the Mediterranean Sea in the past two years alone.

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Study Finds Twice As Much Bluefin Traded As Quotas Allow

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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BRUSSELS -- An international scientific study says well over twice as much of the rare eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna is traded than catch quotas allow...

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NOAA Excludes Bluefin Tuna From Endangered Species List

AP | By CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 07.27.2011

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PORTLAND, Maine -- The bluefin tuna has escaped being placed on the endangered species list, but the majestic fish prized by sushi lovers will be list...

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Activists Head Into War Zone To Protect Bluefin Tuna

AP | DON MELVIN | Posted 07.19.2011

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BRUSSELS — A U.S.-based organization of environmental activists plans to steam into Libyan waters to stop poachers from netting bluefin tuna. T...

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Suzuki-san's Bag Of Sushi Tricks

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Josh Ozersky, Video, Skills, Octopus, Eel, Soy Sauce, Squid, Shark, Knife, Wasabi, Sakai City, Rice, Bluefin, Demo, Sushi, Toshio Suzuki, Tuna, Japan, Suzuki-San, Sushi Zen, Food News

Previously: Sashimi at Sushi Zen, Part I ...

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Giant, Endangered Bluefin Fetches Record Price In Tokyo Auction

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endangered Animals, Bluefin, Bluefin Tuna Ban, Japan Bluefin Tuna, Sustainability, Japan Seafood, Endangered Species, Sustainable Seafood, Japan, Record Tuna, Giant Bluefin Tuna, Giant Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Giant Tuna Fetches Record $396k in Tokyo, Blue Fin Tuna, Food News

A bluefin tuna from Toi, Hokkaido, which was purchased for a record 32.49 million yen during New Year's auction at the Tsukiji market in Tokyo on Jan....

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Oceans Awash: 5 Wins and 5 Losses in 2010

David Helvarg | Posted 05.25.2011

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This year, President Obama issued an executive order to implement conservation-based management of our public seas, while marine researchers discovered an area in the Pacific containing 40 times more plastic than plankton.

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WATCH: 'Looting The Seas' Documentary Exposed Bluefin Tuna Black Market

Posted 05.25.2011

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From the International Consortium For Investigative Journalists: As regulators gather in Paris in mid-November to decide the fate of Atlantic bluefin...

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Annihilation of a Fish

Matt Rigney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Ernest Hemingway, Nomans Land Island, Bluefin, Extinction, Iccat, Sushi, Tsukiji Market, Tuna, Atlantic Ocean, Bluefin Tuna, Sashimi, Martha's Vineyard, Our Oceans, Green News

Robust populations of bluefin tuna mean increased overall benefits to us in the form of healthy oceans, food, recreation, and jobs. But as of yesterday, the annihilation of the northern bluefin tuna reached its final phase.

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Bluefin Tuna Ban: EU Will Continue To Fish The Threatened Species

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRUSSELS — A sharply divided European Union failed Tuesday to protect the threatened bluefin tuna, as the bloc's Mediterranean nations refused t...

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The EU Is Cracking Down On "Ruthless" Overfishing Of Cod And Bluefin

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRUSSELS — Cod is slipping closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds, officials warned Friday, saying that only steep catch cuts ...

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Japan Steps Up Efforts To Save Bluefin Tuna

GlobalPost | Justin McCurry | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO -- The next time you dine at a Japanese restaurant, try to steer clear of the tuna sashimi. If you're unable to resist the temptation -- and...

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