Let’s warm up with an easy topic – Bluefin Tuna. A massive fish, growing up to 4.5m. If it gets the chance.
This was covered in depth by the documentary “The End of the Line“.
But it’s been brought into focus again by the Bluefin Tuna auction in Japan, as a fish was just sold for almost $400,000.
The WWF is running a campaign to stop overfishing. In fact, a three-year moratorium is needed. But the UN body tasked with protecting the species is failing to do its job. So even though this is an Atlantic population, Japan is able to block its preservation.
What is really sick about this is that Mitsubishi has a 40% share of the market. Frozen. As an “investment”. So we’re wiping out an entire species – with all of the implications for the ecosystem – to put it on ice. Because when it’s finally extinct, the price will go up, and a corporation will make a profit. The more scarce the fish, the higher the price.
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