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  Altria at 02:11 PM JST - 28th July

  Sounds like you guys have a textbook case of tuna rage!

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  Zen_Builder at 02:17 PM JST - 28th July

  Not really, just won't the guys to prove me wrong that over-fishing of Tuna(Blue-fin too), etc don't happen in european, australian, etc waters. And how the over-fishing is linked to japan, in short a direct link to japan.

  Something　more than Blue-fin tuna is highly priced in Japan.

  In short there are few points here: nobody outside japan does overfishing, japan consumes 80+% of the worlds tuna consumption, etc. So far I got zilch proof.

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  GW at 02:22 PM JST - 28th July

  ossan, this bits for you.

  The fattened tuna are then sold at around 13 euros ($20) a kilo to Japanese buyers, who in turn sell them for a much higher price in Tokyo—where a good quality, 200-kilo tuna can fetch up to 20,000 euros.

  thats about $140+/kg for the good stuff vs $20/kg....and you were saying what?

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  GW at 02:43 PM JST - 28th July

  zen

  we all know many countries catch the tuna & sell to Jpn........its common knowledge, I dont see anyone denying this, I certainly dont, as I said many posts ago, overfishing is a problem worldwide not just for tuna, some revelation huh, check out this WWF link, shows Jpns consumption based on value at 26% of all worldwide marine resources, thats tiny little Jpn consumming a quarter of EVERYTHING, I dont htink you realize just how many susshi joints, izakaya, supermarkets there are in Jpn, there are a lot! I love fish etc more than the next guy but things are clearly way outta hand for more than just tuna.

  http://www.panda.org/aboutwwf/wherewework/asiapacific/index.cfm?uProjectID=JP0092

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  Zen_Builder at 03:01 PM JST - 28th July

  GW.

  Link don't work "Reported as deleted". Never mind that I asked for scientific proof NOT a link to a source like WWF, etc.

  Still want proof that japan eats 80+% of the worlds tuna, so far non forth coming, which I find a hard claim as a non-japanese. Heck, I ate more tuna growing up in europe than while living in Japan.

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  Zen_Builder at 03:08 PM JST - 28th July

  WWF, AI, etc are all agenda driven and thus not objective and true sources.

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  ca1ic0cat at 08:51 PM JST - 28th July

  Everything I've read in the "Economist" in the past few years indicates that fish stocks are the one part of the economy where Malthus was correct. Continued overfishing of any fish species will cause the population to collapse. I can't say if this is true of Bluefin or not but I would suspect that it is before I guessed that it wasn't.

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  Papawhale at 10:45 PM JST - 28th July

  The attitude that we should "just simmer down and everything will be OK" because the market will correct everything is just insane. If overfishing isn't stopped, we will be eating each other a la Soylent Green in the next 20-30 years. See if the "market forces" will correct THAT!

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  delitachan at 11:43 PM JST - 28th July

  Why don't they just hike up the prices of tuna? Less people might want less tuna if it really hits thier walletbook

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  GW at 12:35 AM JST - 29th July

  http://www.panda.org/aboutwwf/wherewework/asiapacific/index.cfm?uProjectID=JP0092

  Zen

  here is the link again, if you dont think Jpn consumes a massive amount of tuna etc, I can only say you live in a dream land

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  GW at 12:38 AM JST - 29th July

  weird, Zen if yr game stick WWF & MSC certification in a search engine & you`ll get the link, but you seem to be beyond getting this go have some maguro before it runs out!

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  Surge at 02:29 AM JST - 29th July

  Greedy Japanese plunder the worlds resources, then wonder why common folk can`t afford to eat decent food anymore.

  Learn a lesson from the US, use resources moderatly, and treat nature with caution.

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  Heda_Madness at 10:52 AM JST - 29th July

  So, let me get this right. Japan eats more Tuna than another country in the world. But Japan doesn't overfish tuna. European and North African countries fish the tuna and then sell it to Japan where the demand is greatest. The European and North African countries need to reduce their fleet by over 50% to reduce the effects of over fishing.

  I'm presuming that none of the posters blaming Japan have the basic idea of supply and demand.

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  888naff at 06:25 PM JST - 30th July

  most non Japanese sushi bars are rubbish in terms of quality ( and are just cashing in on the trend) and the customers are not particularly demanding or knowledgeable about the poor quality they are served... hence just give them something else that is not endangered.. they probably wouldn't be any the wiser anyway. keep the nice stuff for the markets that appreciate it.

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  kjunluc2 at 09:33 AM JST - 3rd August

  ****A great many Americans, like a great many Japanese are pseudo-sophisticates. Those Americans eat raw fish to appear cosmopolitan. Japanese eat it because they like it but eat other foods to appear cosmopolitan.

  I sometimes eat it because my wife is Japanese and it's on our bill of fare. But I use a large amount of Wasabi. And, I don't grow giddy with delight.

  But, to stay on-topic, most sea food consuming countries are over-fishing

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