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from:msnbc.com513-pound bluefin tuna fetches $177,000 at auction in Japan
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1982
It still tastes like chicken!
Jessica Simpson..... pretty and,... well.... very pretty!
this is sad and will encourage more people catch these depleted fish. you cannot conserve a species if you overfish.
Back in the 1950's bluefin tuna fishermen received about 10 cents a pound for their catch. Now they auction the tuna before they even land it from their boats. I disagree, higher prices give the fish more value, thus more incentive to protect them and their habitat. I managed the Copper River for Alaska Fish and Game for several years and I can tell you personally that because it was such a prized fishery habitat issues were taken very seriously and still are. A current prime example is how the proposed Bristol Bay Pepple Mine (will be the world's largest gold mine if followed through with) is progressing due to the value of the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. I hope it doesn't go through because I believe the risk of losing the largest sockeye salmon run is nor worth it, but it is being deliberated very carefully. If the fishery did not have such a economic impact it would have been a done deal right out of the gates. Sad commentary I know, but the green backs usually rule the day.
If consumers are shying away from it then maybe the fish will get a break. I don't think this will encourage anyone to catch more fish. If anything this is good for the fish population since they caught one big fish instead of a whole bunch of smaller ones.
Why not make the protected Sockeye run a condition of the mines use permit. If they want it bad enough they'll pay for it. Game & Fish should just design the program, implementation & management of protecting the run & include the cost in the mines' conditional use permit & lease.
Green & sustainable AREN'T mutually exclusive to business. Only to UN-controlled business & profiteering.
Fishhead, you're dreaming.
Commercial fishermen don't know the meaning of sustainable fisheries. They catch everything they can, everytime they can. They take MORE than their fair share of a resource that belongs to all of us, so they can line their pockets with money. Expecting them to police themselves in a fantasy.
These prices will only encourage them more.
As for the Atlantic Bluefin, 100 years ago, 1000 pounders were common...but not anymore. Why? Because the prices are so high, commercial fishermen are lured into taking juveniles who haven't had a chance to breed. This a sure path to extinction, something that will happen to the Bluefin in our lifetime. Sad.
That's a HUGE..........fish!!!
I guess there will come a time when much harsher measures must be taken to stop Asian people from driving sea life and other animals into extinction, have they even heard the word "sustainable"?
You can tune a piano but...you can't tuna fish!
Dammit---you beat me to it!
There will come a day that "we" are hunted. It's already started.
Really?? By what?
FlyinV, he's talking about the space aliens. They've already started by abducting him.
OH, nevermind
That's it. Keep sucking up those beautiful fish. Soon you will be vegetarians.
Vegetarian is an old Algonquin word for: Lousy hunter
Bill Parcells is not worth that much.
That fish is not near as ugly as Parcells.
But it's almost as fat!!
What did the blind man say when he walked by the fish Market? Morning Ladies!
$177,000. 513 pounds. That is $345 per pound. It better be good fish.
Pan sear him 2 seconds per side and serve with wasabbe.
1,000,000 spicy tuna rolls PLEASE
I wonder how much mercury is stored in a tuna fish that big...
no wonder the japanese have no respect for the sea and animals !! rent " the cove " 1 of the best documentary .and sad too
Whale Wars
Our Earth is doomed. Mankind will deplete the Oceans, and overpopulation, the root of all evil, including global warming, will begin to exponentially increase starvation and human suffering to the point where everyone will be looking to swarm and destroy.........the U.S. They will take everything we have. When they all gang up on us, we are over. And it is coming very soon. What a blood bath it will be. They all hate us, don't for one second think we have any true allies. We don't.
Learn about a true sustainable fishery: http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/
hey, I've got an idea...how about population control?
less people,less demand on resources
got to start somewhere to save this planet and this is the simplest way
Didn't you get the memo? It's already started.
we are too many on this earth .. there should be half of us on this planet ..
China tried that. How well did that work?
In the United States:
Americans constitute 5% of the world's population but consume 24% of the world's energy.
On average, one American consumes as much energy as
2 Japanese
6 Mexicans
13 Chinese
31 Indians
128 Bangladeshis
307 Tanzanians
370 Ethiopians
The population is projected to increase by nearly 130 million people - the equivalent of adding another four states the size of California - by the year 2050.
Forty percent of births are unintended.
Americans eat 815 billion calories of food each day - that's roughly 200 billion more than needed - enough to feed 80 million people.
Americans throw out 200,000 tons of edible food daily.
The average American generates 52 tons of garbage by age 75.
The average individual daily consumption of water is 159 gallons, while more than half the world's population lives on 25 gallons.
Fifty percent of the wetlands, 90% of the northwestern old-growth forests, and 99% of the tall-grass prairie have been destroyed in the last 200 years.
Eighty percent of the corn grown and 95% of the oats are fed to livestock.
Fifty-six percent of available farmland is used for beef production.
Every day an estimated nine square miles of rural land are lost to development.
There are more shopping malls than high schools.
Reducing consumption without reducing use is a costly delusion. If undeveloped countries consumed at the same rate as the US, four complete planets the size of the Earth would be required. People who think that they have a right to such a life are quite mistaken.
You can tune a piano and tune a violin but you can't tuna fish!
although I love my maguro, sustainable fishery is the way to go.
THATS ALOTTA TUNA..i tell ya....its chicken of the sea .......lol.....miricle whip ,pickles, boiled eggs ...mmm-mm.......thats a big sammich............
i thought they were talkin about bill parcell....you kno {big tuna}...lol......thats purdy dam cheap ...big tuna .....wtf.....
Just putting a high price on a catch will not ensure a species by any means. One only has to see how we are unable to eat several fish types now, due to the pollution flooding into the oceans. "Farming" fish, like catfish down south in ponds is said to be rife with pollution etc. from the crap that it's fed with, not flushing their growing habitat etc. What ever happened to the Patogonian Tooth fish( a la Chile sea bass? On the edge of extinction caused by too much overfishing by trawling boats with 5 miles drag nets, killing & wasting those that did not bring a price. Look at the dolphins trapped & drowning, sharks fins slashed off just for soup, whales blown apart for Jap 'scientific" purposes and on it goes.
As a species we need to stop breeding, stop or have a moritorium on all hunting and fishing for a few years to allow stocks to replenish & return to some semblance of sustainability. Too many people, too little common sense. Now back to my sardine sandwich & cup of tea before they dissapear as well!
the hideous gluttony of the the japanese, who slaughter whales and dolphin and the horrendous lust for roe for sushi of all species of fish will drive many species to extinction before it's over, though sharks and bluefin are obviously the first as apex food chain predators that are slow to reproduce. Reprenhensible....I like Fishhead's attitude and thoughtful input, but fact is asian markets have effectively put a bounty on these magnificent giant fish and his talk of managing sockeye is like comparing a stockyard to the Great Plains...sockeye come back to one specific little ditch to spawn--that's easy to control--while tuna roam the open seas, targeted for slaughter by all countries. You can't control the greed of commercial fishermen, who would liquidate any school of tuna they could get away with for coke money. Do you know any of them personally?
take2 you're not getting his point...the giant mines destroy the fish...there will be no sockeye if the mine goes in just because of a "use permit", as yousuggest, lol. Fishhead is this the same mine as the pebble mine?
Hey numnut get off your high-horse and do some research on cows plus global warming before even thinking about criticizing on Asian people. From starting wars, to spreading disease, to hogging/wasting most the earths precious resources, no one comes even close to whitey. You need to focus a little more on your own problems like drugs, murders, preteen pregnancies, ...etc. and a little less on what Asian people are doing.
japs l'b japs
and honkeys l'b donkeys
I've wondered for years how they determine which fish out of the hundreds sold on "opening day" is the one to be sold first and consequently fetch the most money. It would seem impossible to declare one as the best in quality and size doesn't relate to quality?????
That is on big tuna noodle casserole.