Tuesday, January 6, 2009

pricey tuna stinks

A Japanese bluefin tuna was sold at auction Monday for more than $100,000, which drew predictable "wacky story of the day" treatment in the media.  Late in some (but not all) new accounts of the sale, we learn that bluefin tuna is an endangered species because it is, as the Monterrey Bay Aquarium puts it "severely overfished" and hence"should be avoided."
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2 comments:

  1. BbiewenJanuary 6, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    This is completely rediculous! I would never pay this much just to eat a fish, but for many the benefit may out weigh the cost if they have a lot of money.

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  2. BbiewenJanuary 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    http://tbm.thebigmoney.com/blogs/daily-bread/2009/01/06/pricey-tuna-stinks

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