10/26/2010

Revenge of the sushi!

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Unsustainable overfishing has made the monster maguro-tuna—the most famous of all types of sushi—an endangered species. So, it was only a matter of time before tuna would try to seek their revenge as evidenced from the following report of the massive maguro-tuna attack.

Scuba diver dragged underwater by tuna
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/25/2010
MANILA, Philippines – A scuba diver was almost killed after a Tuna pulled him underwater while fishing off the coast of Saranggani province over the weekend, the Philippine Coast Guard reported…
….he was dragged underwater by the tuna at a depth of 300 feet…The scuba diver was then brought aboard a PCG search and rescue vessel, BRP San Juan, which is equipped with a recompression chamber, where he will undergo hyperbaric treatment.

Maguro (tuna) sushi plate

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3 Responses to “Revenge of the sushi!”

1. MARKed TRAIL Says:
   October 27th, 2010 at 6:38 pm

   DOWN WITH THE TUNA THIEVES!
   

   Rift stalls EU quest to protect tuna
   Wednesday 27th October — News Portal….Atlantic nations will set catch limits at talks in Paris starting on Nov. 17, and the EU hopes to go there with a united negotiating position.

   Western scientists say stocks of the Atlantic blue fin — which can fetch $100,000 each at market — have fallen by around 80 percent over the last 40 years and overfishing threatens their survival.

   High-tech fishing vessels using echo-sounders have become so efficient at locating and netting the giant creatures when they congregate for their annual breeding time in June that a season's quota can be met in just 10 days.

   TUNA FOR SUSHI

   Most of the tuna are sent to Japan, where they are prized by sushi lovers.

   Damanaki advised ministers on Tuesday that catch limits should be set at around 6,000 tonnes during the November meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), sources in the meeting said.

   The informal advice, was a sharp cut compared to this summer's limit of 13,500 tonnes, and the 2009 quota of 19,950 tonnes.. …more...

2. RoxanneStutes Says:
   October 28th, 2010 at 2:35 pm

   Sooo i caught this thing in the hio river on a shiner & i have no idea what it is. i consider myself fairly know-ledgeable when it comes to fishing….any help would be greatly ap-preciated

3. bASSMAN Says:
   September 8th, 2011 at 1:20 pm

   When it comes to fishing, I think the Bass is the best tasting. I’m not a big fan of eating frozen food from far aways places. If I catch it, I’ll eat it anyways! Fishing is a fiddly sport but worth every second of it!

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