Radioactive bluefin tuna migrates from Japan to U.S.
A large bluefin tuna was caught off the United States’ California coast with ten times the average amount of radioactive cesium found in previous years. The fish was discovered to have carried...
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Single bluefin tuna sells for record $1.7 million at Tsukiji fish market
2013′s first auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo was held last weekend, and as an event that is known for receiving high bids on the latest catches, this year’s record-setter was three times as...
View ArticleDwindling tuna numbers fail to alarm Japanese
As the most-valued fish in the country’s iconic sushi industry, not to mention one of the world’s most expensive fish, Japan seems to be showing little concern over the rapidly dwindling numbers of...
View ArticleTEPCO mulling over dumping radioactive water into Pacific Ocean due to leaks
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) cannot seem to catch a break as recently, incident after incident of leaks in its water storage tanks have been discovered. This has prompted notions that the embattled...
View ArticleJapan’s summer heat wave threatening the food industry
Weather reaching beyond normal body temperature, not to mention on a regular basis, is not only affecting the Japanese population, the food industry in the country is also suffering from the summer...
View ArticleJapan encourages new rules on catching bluefin tuna, including 15% reduction
As the population of bluefin tuna in the Pacific has dropped over the years because of overfishing, Japan has encouraged implementing reduced catches of Pacific bluefin tuna 3 years old and younger by...
View ArticleJapan’s proposed 15% cut on bluefin tuna catch accepted by Asia-Pacific...
Nations represented at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting in Fukuoka agreed to cut the catch of juvenile bluefin tuna by 15 percent in the northern Pacific Ocean. The...
View ArticleBluefin tuna fishing quotas remain the same despite Japan’s opposition
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) decided at a conference on Monday that the annual fishing quotas for bluefin tunas will remain the same, despite Japan and...
View ArticleJapan’s first bluefin tuna auction for the year yields top price 95% lower...
For a population that consumes around 80% of all the bluefin tuna caught around the world, the first tuna auction of the year at the Tsukiji market is usually a big deal, and is traditionally an...
View ArticleJapan to cut its young bluefin tuna catches by 50%
Japan’s Fisheries Agency has announced its plan to cut its catch of young bluefin tuna all over the country by half of its annual average in the years 2002 to 2004 starting next year. The plan was set...
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