Tuna

6 Dinner Sandwiches

Food52 | Posted 04.08.2012

Food52

Whether it's a wrap or a panini, on a baguette or a bun, nearly every culture has recognized that there's something to be said about putting the perfect combination of ingredients on bread.

Bluefin Tuna Sells For Twice The Price Of A Rolls-Royce

AP | Posted 03.06.2012

The Associated Press reports: TOKYO -- This tuna is worth savoring: It cost nearly three-quarters of a million dollars. The bluefin tuna caught off...

Mercury Poisoning: A Parents' Revolt

Michael Brune | Posted 02.11.2012

Michael Brune

On Dec. 16, Obama is expected to release new standards for protecting us from mercury due to power plant emissions. All of us have reason to be glad, but parents should especially welcome this long overdue protection.

How The BP Oil Spill Has Affected Bluefin Tuna

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 12.06.2011

WASHINGTON -- Last year's BP oil spill probably won't push the troubled bluefin tuna population in the Gulf of Mexico over the edge as some scientists...

Humans Were Catching Tuna Many, Many Years Ago

AP | By ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.25.2011

LOS ANGELES -- Humans were expert deep-sea fishermen as far back as 42,000 years ago, hauling in tuna, sharks and barracudas, new research suggests. ...

Fishermen Catch 881-Pound Tuna, Feds Take It

AP | Posted 01.22.2012

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — It's the big one that got taken away. Local fishing boat owner Carlos Rafael was elated when one of his trawlers snared an...

ICCAT: Time to Tackle What's Really in the Net

Lee Crockett | Posted 01.16.2012

Lee Crockett

What's in a name? If you're talking about ICCAT -- the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas -- so much is contained in that one acronym.

Got Ocean Destruction? A Chicken of the Sea Recipe to Die For [video]

Kevin Grandia | Posted 01.04.2012

Kevin Grandia

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Overfishing 101: Counting Fish

Lee Crockett | Posted 12.20.2011

Lee Crockett

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.

Study Finds Twice As Much Bluefin Traded As Quotas Allow

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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

Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean

Lee Crockett | Posted 12.12.2011

Lee Crockett

Held on the sea's surface or just below with floating devices, driftnets can be miles long. Depending on the size of the mesh, they can entangle anything that happens to swim nearby, including sea turtles, whales, swordfish, and tuna.

Time To Boycott Tuna Again?

NYTimes.com | DAVID BORNSTEIN | Posted 11.21.2011

I wish I’d been in La Jolla a couple of weeks ago to see the green inflatable airship flying overhead with a cartoon mermaid on one side. She was cu...

The Truth About Canned Tuna

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 11.20.2011

Find. Eat. Drink.

You care about your fruits, vegetables and meats. But what about that can of tuna you're buying? Here are a list of facts that might make you think ...

WTO Panel Rules U.S. Tuna Labels Are Too Restrictive

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 11.15.2011

GENEVA -- The popular "dolphin-safe" labels used to market tuna sold in the U.S. are illegal because they restrict too much trade, a World Trade Organ...

WATCH: What's Wrong With The Tuna Industry?

Posted 10.15.2011

Tuna may be a cheap and tasty snack, but where it comes from is another story. Greenpeace wants consumers know to know that there's a dark side to...

15 Drinks, Salads, Nibbles & Cake For Graduation Celebrations

Food52 | Posted 07.17.2011

Food52

High school and college graduations are fast approaching and local restaurants will be swarmed with well-meaning relatives. Avoid the graduation wee...

Yes Virginia, There Is a P in EPA: Lisa Jackson, American Super Hero

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.27.2011

Lisa Kaas Boyle

Every super hero has a nemesis, and the EPA's Jackson has the 112th Congress under the leadership of John Boehner doing everything it can to stop progress toward fuel efficiency and clean energy.

Suzuki-san's Bag Of Sushi Tricks

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Ozersky

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

Sashimi At Sushi Zen, With Suzuki-San

Josh Ozersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Ozersky

Toshio Suzuki, the proprietor of Sushi Zen, is in many ways the dean of sushi here in New York -- the man many chefs, both Japanese and otherwise, loo...

New Data Confirms High Mercury Levels In Certain Tuna

Naomi Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

Naomi Starkman

Consumer Reports' latest tests confirm that white (albacore) tuna usually contains far more mercury than light tuna.

Nobu Owner Ritchie Notar's Sushi Knowledge Is Fishy

animalnewyork.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fish as Food, Fish as Wildlife: Four Fish (a Book Review)

Peter Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Hanlon

Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, chronicles the boom-and-bust cycles of four fish that "dominate the modern seafood market": salmon, sea bass, cod and tuna.

Recession Recipe: Allie's Tuna Salad

EconomyBites | Posted 05.25.2011

EconomyBites

Sometimes in the summer I find cooking a daunting experience, probably because my kitchen isn't air conditioned and when I turn on the oven or stove the whole room heats up to 100 degrees.

Morimoto: Kosher Butcher?

Posted 05.25.2011

"Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto tried his hand at koshery butchery last night, butchering a full tuna and rolling sushi with the help of Rabbi Yonah Met...

Weekly Mulch: BP Oil Spill Stalls Climate Bill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

The Media Consortium

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger "There's a dead dolphin on this beach," Mother Jones' Mac McClelland, wrote yesterday in Louisiana. It's one...