Conservationists Meet To Avert Feared Tuna Extinction

Terra Daily ^ | 01/22/2007 | Staff Writers

[devolve]

$ORRYNANZI!

[Red Badger]

...that tuna steak ...looks a bit overdone.

The tuna turns a brownish shade when heat is applied. Besides I'm not into sushi...........might get worms.......

[Red Badger]

...DARK, DARK, DARK GERMAN BEER! WITH A BIT OF HOPS BITE TO IT!........

[Fierce Allegiance]

[cogitator]

farm them like we did to the rest of the production worthy animals

Bluefin tuna are pelagic and migratory; hard to farm.

[potlatch]

Good post devolve. Yes, I noticed..

[devolve]

Thanks potlatch

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[potlatch]

Connecting now, over 40 minutes after your post!!

[devolve]

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[potlatch]

OK, forgot about that!!

[Flavius]

i dont care where they migrate cows im sure migrated all over the green earth

now they are shoved into pens and happy munching on straw

same should be for fat blue tuna

as scarry as that sounds

and thanks to mothern search technique check this out

Over the past decade the farmed sector has grown to the point where around 98 per cent of the Australian southern bluefin tuna quota is now farmed.

http://www.australian-aquacultureportal.com/industrygroups/tuna_bluefin.html

I love to see common sense applied , 70% of this rock is water and we managed not to farm it, glad Australians are doing it...

98% thats just awesome

[Kay Ludlow]

I just can't help it - whenever I hear about the need for something to be "sustainable" I can't help but think about the radical communists amongst us. Add in 'environmentalist groups' and I know for sure that's the agenda - after all, green = recycled communist!

Tuna will not become extinct from overfishing as long as capitalism rules. As tuna become more scarce, the price will rise (as demand exceeds supply). Ultimately as long as there's no government interference the demand will go down because of the price, and fishermen will turn to other sources for their income. Without the high levels of fishing, the tuna population will re-surge.

I read an article from the early 1900's on a genealogy mailing list about all the species that were extinct or nearly so. Many were fur-bearers. The price for fur became so high that by the only the very wealthy could buy it and demand declined. Then, the PETA types added some social pressure to the mix so even the wealthy wouldn't buy much fur. The result is that most of those animals they called "extinct or nearly so" have rebounded in population. Some have rebounded so much they're becoming nuisance animals.

[cogitator]

I'm impressed. Still not breeding from hatched eggs to adult fish, but a step in the right direction (as is the use of feed rather than baitfish).

Thanks for the post.

[Bender2]

So, the tuna's gone...

Look...

Bill has already resigned as the Cowboy's coach...

Move along...

Nothing more to see here!

[Flavius]

no problem

im totally obsessed with tuna production

its insane that we dont apply oceans to same farming as we did on planes

if we could farm oceans how many billions of people would be supported

not to mention if we converted oceans to fresh water and flood sahara and other deserts

but hey down the road i suppose