A giant Bluefin Tuna, the largest on sale at the Tsukiji market since 2001, sells for over $175,000 US, or 111,000 British pounds, or 16.3 million yen. The 233kg (513lb) fish was sold at the wholesale fish market in Tokyo after being caught off the coast of Japan. A photo of...
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The European Union introduced new rules to help restore stocks of endangered bluefin tuna in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, meaning there will be significant cuts to fishing quotas by 2011 and the time fishermen...
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Around 16,000 citizens from 149 countries have signed a WWF petition to join restaurants, retailers and chefs as they agree to boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna, until the fish have had enough time to replenish...
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While grabbing my second espresso of the day, I had the good luck to turn on the radio and catch the end of Richard Ellis interview by Leonard Lopate on his book Tuna: A Love Story (Borzoi Books-Knopf, July 2008). The author wet my appetite for more details on his book with...
As previously reported, Nobu in London was selling endangered bluefin tuna without labelling it as such on their menu. However, now they have made the deicison to label some dishes as being made from an endangered...
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World famous restaurant Nobu, partly owned by actor Robert De Niro, has been caught serving endangered bluefin tuna in their London restaurants without informing the cutomers.A number of undercover investigators...
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Fantastic news that the EU has finally taken action to stop illegal fishing of the Northern Bluefin Tuna by closing the season early. Let's just hope the ban is respected by the fishermen.
"A ban on fishing for...
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"ndonesia made the request during the 14th CCBST meeting held in Canberra recently, the head of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry`s Statistical Data and Information Center, Saut Hutagalung, said here Thursday.
The commission had clamped trade restrictions on...
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