Image from National Geographic
My very first post in Red would be about the Bluefin Tuna. Sushi and sashimi maybe exotic and very interesting to eat but most of the consumers are unaware that they are eating away a species, which is on the brink of extinction and is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) after decades of overfishing. This magnificent creature not just graces the ocean but also haute Japanese restaurant tables and they sell for about $100 a pound in Japanese markets. The bluefin tuna population has gone down since the mid-1990s after it captured gastronomic imagination in Japan and the world over.
Now restaurants are slowly waking up to the grim reality of its disappearance. The Michelin star adorned restaurant Nobu, owned partly by Robert de Niro, boasts a clientele that includes Madonna and Kate Winslet. They have now agreed to highlight dishes that include bluefin tuna giving customers a pretty obvious choice to decide between ordering a bluefin tuna dish anyway or save the guilt and go for a greener alternative. Wouldn't it be better if they take if off the menu altogether? Yes, but in Japan bluefin tuna is considered the most delicious of all tuna species.
What is the bluefin tuna?
Ted Danson talks about what happened to the bluefin tuna
How the Greenpeace urged Nobu to point out bluefin tuna dishes on their menu
A helpful list of what you can do to help
Watch a bluefin tuna fish farm
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