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Submariner

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11. I would love to see the Bluefin Tuna industry collapse and see "Wicked Tuna" TV program

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:44 PM

Mar 2020

cancelled. If they can't sell it then don't bother catching them. Bluefins are on the edge of economic extinction anyway.

The Bluefin fishermen are catching the spawners now, and soon that fishery will collapse. It will be like the Newfoundland cod fishery crash.

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I wonder how the sushi eaters are reacting to the Covid-19? [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2020 OP

dunno, but they are avoiding chinese restaurants...... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #1

I just ordered sushi Polybius Mar 2020 #2

What does sushi have to do with the virus? cwydro Mar 2020 #3

I found this Mosby Mar 2020 #20

Or the airport sushi eaters! Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #4

What in the world? greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #5

COVID-19 and Sushi? MineralMan Mar 2020 #6

I asked too. cwydro Mar 2020 #8

I guess we aren't going to get any additional information. MineralMan Mar 2020 #10

Hygiene is a religion among sushi chefs in Japan dalton99a Mar 2020 #15

I don't ether, but for those that don't know. But Corona beer taking a hit.. LiberalArkie Mar 2020 #21

No more exposure than any other uncooked public food prep. defacto7 Mar 2020 #7

I wonder what Japanese food has to do with an illness that originated in China! Spider Jerusalem Mar 2020 #9

Yeah...makes no sense at all. MineralMan Mar 2020 #12

An excellent question. cwydro Mar 2020 #14

"Japanese, Chinese, they all look alike to me" (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Mar 2020 #19

I would love to see the Bluefin Tuna industry collapse and see "Wicked Tuna" TV program Submariner Mar 2020 #11

I don't eat Bluefin sushi for that reason. MineralMan Mar 2020 #13

Smaller portions? JHB Mar 2020 #16

just like you? stillcool Mar 2020 #17

The statement feels racist and bigoted to me TeamPooka Mar 2020 #18