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Environment & Energy

Nihil

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4. That is just obscene ...

Reply to MattSh (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 04:45 AM

Jan 2013

> Bluefin tuna frozen at -60C now could be sold in several years' time for astronomical sums
> if Atlantic bluefin becomes commercially extinct as forecast, a result of the near free-for-all
> enjoyed by the tuna fleet.

Mitsubishi are actually making a business plan that not only ensures Atlantic bluefin
will become "commercially" extinct by deliberate over-fishing but relies on this fact
so that their stored plunder will make a phenomenal profit.

There are no words to describe that level of base greed without invoking the usually
over-played adjective "evil".

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Overfishing causes Pacific bluefin tuna numbers to drop 96% [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

A drop of 96%? Yeah, this should do it ... Nihil Jan 2013 #1

And then there's this... MattSh Jan 2013 #2

That is just obscene ... Nihil Jan 2013 #4

This. Has. To. Stop. postulater Jan 2013 #3