Bluefin Tuna

Attention Tuna Lovers: See Red When Thinking Blue

Wendy Gordon | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Species, Cites, Overfished Species, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Health, Sustainable Fishing, Fisheries, Green News
Wendy Gordon

The U.S. government must make greater efforts to ban the bluefin tuna trade entirely. Such an effort would finally give the tuna a chance to recover.

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The EU Is Cracking Down On "Ruthless" Overfishing Of Cod, But Not Threatened Bluefin

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Fishing, Bluefin, Sustainable Seafood, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Cod, Food Politics, Green News

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

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Politics, Threatened-Species, Endangered Species, Bluefin, EU Bluefin Ban, Bluefin Tuna, Green News

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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A Future Without Fish: End of the Line Casts Scary Forecast for the Sea

Louise McCready | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Charles Clover, Mitsubishi, Nobu Bluefin Tuna, The End of the Line, Overfishing, Nobu, Bluefin Tuna, Prince Albert of Monaco, Green News
Louise McCready

According to the documentary The End of the Line, we won't need to worry about eating too many McDonald's fish sandwiches because, quite simply, there will be no more fish to eat.

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The Pescatore's Dilemma

Cathy Erway | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green

Read More: By-Catch, Farmed Seafood, Aquaculture, Red Snapper, Trawling, The End of the Line, Farmed Fish, Farmed Salmon, Finning, Endangered Species, Overfished Species, Pescatarian, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Seafood, Green News
Cathy Erway

Seafood has enjoyed a long history of acceptance among people who otherwise do not eat meat. Yet today's food gurus are placing pescatarianism at the height of ravenously irresponsible eating.

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Let Them Eat Tuna: Breakthrough In Sustainable Bluefin Breeding

bloomberg.com | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Farm-Raised-Seafood, Food, Sushi, Tuna, Sustainable Seafood, Bluefin Tuna, Bluefin Sushi, Bluefin Tuna Breeding Breakthrough, Seafood, Green News

"If Hagen Stehr can solve the issues surrounding breeding predacious fish, he'll have a sustainable product that will last forever," says Barbara Bloc...

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Save the Bluefin Tuna

Daniel Kessler | Posted 07.10.2009 | New York

Read More: De Niro, Oceans, Greenpeace, Nobu, Bluefin Tuna, New York, Nobu Bluefin Tuna, Food, New York News
Daniel Kessler

Nobu has done absolutely nothing to protect that very fish which has so heavily contributed to the jingling pockets of the restaurant's owners. Our oceans cannot endure this situation any longer.

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Nobu Feels the Heat about Serving Bluefin Tuna -- A Few Big Names Offer Advice

Samuel Fromartz | Posted 07.10.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Mark Bittman, Nobu, Seafood Conservation, Food, Oceans, Sustainable Seafood, Nobu Bluefin Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Seafood, New York News
Samuel Fromartz

Given all the controversy around Nobu, I posed the following question to a number of people, including New York Times columnist Mark Bittman, and ocean conservationist and writer Carl Safina.

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Could We Be the Generation that Runs out of Fish?

Johann Hari | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: The End of the Line, Nobu, Fish, Sustainable Fishing, Fish Extinction, Fishing, Bluefin Tuna, Green News
Johann Hari

In my parents' lifetime, we have killed 90 percent of the world's fish. In my lifetime, we will finish off the rest -- unless we change our ways, fast.

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Revealed: Mitsubishi's Bid To Corner World's Bluefin Tuna Market As Stock Plummets Toward Extinction

The Independent | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Tuna Market Plummets, Tuna Market, Bluefin Tuna Market, Bluefin Tuna, Tuna Market Cornered, Green News

Japan's sprawling Mitsubishi conglomerate has cornered a 40 per cent share of the world market in bluefin tuna, one of the world's most endangered fis...

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Can Aggressive Fishing SAVE Bluefin Tuna? (VIDEO)

Reuters | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Endangered Species, Tuna, Fishing, Bluefin Tuna, Fish, Green News

This is just about as counter intuitive as they come -- fishermen are trying to catch as many bluefin tuna as possible, in order to throw them back. ...

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Japan Steps Up Efforts To Save Bluefin Tuna

GlobalPost | Justin McCurry | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Bluefin Tuna Sushi, Bluefin, Japan Sushi, Japan Bluefin Tuna, Sushi, Japan, Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, World News

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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Endangered Species Sashimi: The Plight Of Bluefin Tuna

Johanna Smith | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Food Matters, Environmental Policy, Politics of Food, Fish, Food Politics, Environment, Conservation, Sustainability, Sushi, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Endangered Species, Fishing, Oceans, Bluefin Tuna, Nobu, Green News

Bluefin tuna, one of the world's most highly prized marine species, have met their plight. These tuna, which the Monterey Bay Aquarium's reputed Seafo...

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How Robert De Niro Should Deal with the Nobu Tuna Scandal

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Fish, Conservation, Sushi, Tuna, Oceans, Bluefin Tuna, Robert DeNiro, Robert De Niro, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

Nobu, which De Niro co-owns, tried to keep its flaying of the fish on the down-low, but was exposed by the environmental watchdog Greenpeace.

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Fish Farming Innovations

Sunil Chacko | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Nutrition Gap, Protein-Gap, Food, Food Chain, Fresh Water Shortage, Food Safety, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Japan, Price Rise, Fish Farming, Food Traceability, Protein, Food Shortages, Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Food Security, Kindai, Wakayama, Green News
Sunil Chacko

A private university in Japan, through government grants and in collaboration with an affiliated commercial entity, completely cultured near-extinct bluefin tuna -- a first for the world.

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