Comments on: Documentary on Endangered Bluefin Tuna Reels in Sushi Joints & Celebrities

By: Juneaux

Juneaux — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:44:16 +0000

while maybe good tuna don’t go into a japanese kid’s lunch box, i have been to tsukiji market in tokyo many a times to see the fishmongers there bandsawing tuna in half all the time. the problem is the culture’s demand for luxury fish, and the best ootoro(the fattiest part of the tuna) and chuutoro(second fattiest) come from bluefin.

the japanese have depleted these fish to such an extent that now their fishing fleet is scouring the mediterranean sea to catch the blue fins.

me personally, i find tuna sushi and sashimi to be extremely bland, and smaller more abundant fish such as halibut and mackerel(the sea is crawling with them, and you can buy them for about a dollar per fish in most asian markets) have much more flavor as well as dramatically lower levels of mercury, since they are not top predator fish.

spread the word. tuna is an image fish. they don’t taste that good, and they are bad for you. go for more flavorful fish and squid… i actively spread this message to my japanese friends as well.

By: Jumblepudding

Jumblepudding — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:30:15 +0000

I am glad these majestic, uniquely evolved fish don’t have to die in such droves to fill some Japanese kid’s lunchbox. The skipjacks, given their name, probably taste terrible and thus were ignored by early fishermen, so hopefully demand for sushi will go down altogether.

By: macadamia man

macadamia man — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:48:06 +0000

Let them eat jellyfish . . .

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:56:59 +0000

The ongoing rape of our home planet is a pretty sad thing to bear witness to, but at least we are aware and fighting against it now.