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Yearly Tuna Purchase Doesn't Make Sense
Washington Post Japanese sushi chain pays $117000 for a tuna . Yes, one tuna . Washington Post - ‎11 hours ago‎ TOKYO - If you thought your last sushi bill was expensive, check this out. Sushi Zanmai, a Japanese restaurant chain, just paid $117,000 for a 441-pound bluefin tuna. Yes, you read that right. That's $265 per pound. But this was not just any fish. It ... Well it is that time of year again. Being in the business people question how this price can be so? If you look at it from a pure cost with a typical yield of say 75% than each pound of usable tuna would cost $353.00/ lb. since this fish is likely to be subdivided into more managable sushi portions of lets say 1 oz it still is an impressive $22.00/ oz. But the real value is the media attention that the buyer garners - the economics on this one fish cannot be so simply computed as I have tried. This one goes into the marketing column o...
The more humanely a fish is killed, the better it tastes
The more humanely a fish is killed, the better it tastes Email Brendan By Brendan Bane 10 December 2015 1:15 pm Comments If you’re an eco-conscious eater, you’ve probably asked how your fish journeyed from ocean to aisle. But have you ever asked how the fish died? Researchers have shown that meat from stressfully slaughtered fish may have a shorter shelf life—and a worse taste—than fillets from quickly killed fish. In the study, to appear in the 1 January 2016 issue of Food Science , the team compared two groups of rainbow trout. follow the link for the rest of the story. http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2015/12/more-humanely-fish-killed-better-it-tastes Science | DOI: 10.1126/science.aad7558
NYTimes: As Oysters Die, Climate Policy Goes on the Stump
NYTimes: As Oysters Die, Climate Policy Goes on the Stump http://nyti.ms/1zLZRRR Matt Hovey 419-213-9875
You Can Have Your Fish and Eat Them Too
You Can Have Your Fish and Eat Them Too This article promotes the idea of Marine Reserves. I think this is an idea whose time has come. This is similiar to the model used in the Sea Scallop fishery, but you might say they have more of a crop rotation model.
Catch Shares Save Fishermen and Fish
Catch Shares Save Fishermen and Fish Great article about how catch shares may help.