The Condition of Bigeye Tuna Stocks If you were skeptical with the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation's (ISSF) status of
Is bigeye tuna feeling the same overfishing pressure as bluefin?
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Sushi lovers may rejoice as juvenile bluefin tuna harvest is halved
The State of Bluefin Tuna Bluefin tuna is highly prized, fetching prices in the tens of thousands of dollars for a single fish in famed yearly Japanese auctions. One such bluefin tuna sold for an incredible 1.76 million in 2013, a price which reflects the status and...
Unagi off the menu for environmentally conscious sushi lovers
Unagi, or freshwater eel, is too delicious for its own good. Freshwater eel, which is traditionally known to bring strength and vitality to those who consume its meat, is in dire need of its own aphrodisiac properties as eel populations decline worldwide. In response...
Sushi Mislabeling – A new bill proposes criminal sanctions
Questionable Labeling of Seafood If you saw our previous article on sushi restaurants, grocery stores and venues mislabeling their seafood, you know that it is a rampant problem in the sushi industry. How bad is it? In restaurants tested, almost three quarters were...
Seafood Fraud – Are You Getting What You Are Paying For?
With Sushi, You Can't Always Get What You Want When you are buying seafood, you want to know you are getting exactly what you pay for. Unfortunately, that's not always the case. Oceana, the largest international ocean conservation group, recently released a study on...
Massive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off Nova Scotia
Marc Towers and Neil Cooke came to the coast of Nova Scotia with a goal: catch a bluefin tuna. Clocking in at an average of 6.5 feet long and over 500 lbs, these torpedo shaped fish are respected for their size, strength and endurance, making them some of the toughest...
The largest sushi scallop (hotategai) you’ve ever seen
You may like scallop sushi (hotategai) as much as I do, but here's a scallop that is a meal in itself and will be an undertaking to slake my sushi thirst. In my opinion, great seafood is best eaten as sushi, and this scallop is the biggest piece of sushi I've ever...
The most expensive tuna ever sold
And we have a new winner! As is usual, on the first auction for the new year at the Tsukiji fish market, a new record was set for the most expensive tuna sold. Selling for $736,000 (56.49 million Yen), the 593 pound (269 kilogram) bluefin tuna came out around $1,238...
Of Sushi and Cat Food
Kitty's Delight I've heard people refer to sushi as "cat food" before and make fun of it in many other ways, but what many folks don't know is that Bluefin tuna, now suffering from incredible demand, was, until the 1970's, a 'sport' fish sold to companies for cat food...