Record-breaking tuna caught off Wakayama port

[yuiyoshida]

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By TAKASHI AZUMA/ Staff Writer

NACHIKATSUURA, Wakayama Prefecture--A longline fishing boat recently caught a 417-kilogram tuna off the coast here, the heaviest to be landed on Katsuura fishing port, according to local fish market sources.

The enormous tuna, unloaded at the port on Jan. 24, broke the previous mark of 411 kg for Katsuura port, which was recorded in 2015. Katsuura port boasts one of the largest annual amounts of landed tuna in Japan.

The big fish was caught on Jan. 22 in waters about 180 kilometers south of the fishing port by the No. 1 Kaishin Maru longline fishing boat, based in Kawaminami, Miyazaki Prefecture.

“It was the first time that I caught such a big tuna in my first voyage of the New Year,” said Hiroshi Kodama, captain of the Kaishin Maru. “I was surprised.”

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201601250046

(The tuna was purchased at auction by Yamasa Wakiguchi Tuna Co., based in Nachikatsuura, at a price of 4,650 yen ($40) per kg, or 2,094,174 yen for the entire fish, including tax.)

[geomon666]

1. Roll that up with some rice and seaweed

and we're good to go.

[pinboy3niner]

2. Well...

We're gonna need a bigger shipment of those little tiny cans.

[pangaia]

4. Trust me. That fish will NOT end up in little cans. :>)))))

[sakabatou]

3. 919.328 lbs... Wow.

[Human101948]

5. Kind of sad..that fish has been around for a long time and there are not many more like him...

The ocean is becoming a wasteland.

The bluefin tuna, which has been endangered for several years and has the misfortune to be prized by Japanese sushi lovers, has suffered a catastrophic decline in stocks in the Northern Pacific Ocean, of more than 96%, according to research published on Wednesday.

Equally concerning is the fact that about 90% of specimens currently fished are young fish that have not yet reproduced.

Last week, one fish sold in Japan for more than £1m, reflecting the rarity of the bluefin tuna and the continued demand for its fatty flesh, which is sold for high prices across Asia and in some high-end western restaurants.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jan/09/overfishing-pacific-bluefin-tuna

[AngryAmish]

17. I have no problem killing most animals.

But large bluefin tuna are exceedingly rare. I recommend a ten year ban. Chilean sea bass are more or less banned.

I have caught a lot lof yellowfin tuna, amazing both raw and cooked as steaks.

This is like killing and eating a leopard for food.

[G_j]

22. correct

Bluefin are endangered.

[beam me up scottie]

18. I agree.

How long before they're not catching any tuna at all?

Respect for the creature who survived that long against the odds.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Hope they test it for radiation before selling it. n/t

[The Roux Comes First]

7. Not to Be a Sushi-pooper, but

I would sure want to see some solid lab results for bioaccumulative toxins like mercury and PCBs before consuming much tissue from a fish that large and therefore old.

[Human101948]

24. Another reason to avoid sushi: 59% of the 'Tuna' Americans Eat Is Not Tuna

Nonprofit ocean protection group Oceana took 1,215 samples of fish from across the United States and genetically tested them in order to bring us the following astonishing facts:

59% of the fish labeled "tuna" sold at restaurants and grocery stores in the US is not tuna.
Sushi restaurants were far more likely to mislabel their fish than grocery stores or other restaurants...

....84% of fish samples labeled "white tuna" were actually escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/59-of-the-tuna-americans-eat-is-not-tuna/273410/

[riversedge]

8. Is it Charlie???

[pinboy3niner]

9. "Sorry, Charlie"

[lpbk2713]

10. Someone please pass the wasabi?

Big fella.

[hunter]

11. Sad.

[saturnsring]

12. AGREED .. NT

[cwydro]

13. This makes me sad.

Sigh.

[joeybee12]

14. It is sad...must be a really old one to have lasted so long...

I think something that majestic should be free...I'm not against eating tuna, but I'd rather know there was such a creature still free rather than dead on a dock.

[NickB79]

15. The top 1% are eating a species into extinction

Will we hand out a record to the asshole that catches the last bluefin as well?

[Aerows]

16. Fire up the grill

and don't spare the spices!

[yuiyoshida]

19. Maguro!

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Itadakimasu!! Oishii ne!

California Rock n Roll!!

[Aerows]

20. :)

Arigatou Gozaimasu, Yui-Chan!

[yuiyoshida]

23. dou itashimashite

[hay rick]

21. Toro...yum.

[B Calm]

25. By targeting bigger fish, we are breeding populations of smaller and weaker fish.