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There’s a pretty significant difference in tuna stocks between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Japan sources tuna from the Pacific, and for high quality fish tha
by coredog64 4y ago
There’s a pretty significant difference in tuna stocks between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Japan sources tuna from the Pacific, and for high quality fish that fetches astronomical prices, it has to be caught via long-lining. Purse seiners may turn up bluefin from time to time, but they’re not set up to store and deliver it the way a long-liner is.
Anyhow, skipjack is the most common species of tuna in the Pacific and those are doing reasonably well. The countries with fishing waters are all part of a multi-nation compact that limits the number of fishing days that can be sold. This limit (as well as other limits on fishing techniques) serves to ensure that it’s not being overfished.
- verall 4y agoskipjack is barely even a tuna. Pacific bluefin is absolutely being overfished, even if the much bigger threat is lack of feeder fish due to the triple threat of climate change, pollution, and overfishing.
- EdwardDiego 4y ago> skipjack is barely even a tuna. In what regard? Culinary, or?
- pvaldes 4y agoNot even in the same genus
- ggm 4y agoStripped of the conspiracy theory my point of substance is that I still believe Japan exceeds its tuna quotas routinely and is imperilling the pacific populations.
- pvaldes 4y ago> Japan sources tuna from the Pacific Japanese companies are buying a lot of net caught Mediterranean tuna also since 2000 at least
- slim 4y agoI can confirm this. Tunisia's tuna fishing quota is almost entirely bought by japanese companies