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| Tuna: The Fish that laid the golden eggs, 27-minutes, 2006 (Ref: 105tvc) |
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The red meat of the Mediterranean's bluefin tuna is a favorite in Japanese
cuisine. Over 50 million tons of tuna are sold each year in the Tokyo fish
market, the biggest in the world, where the price of tuna has soared to over
€1,000 a kilo. But the sushi boom is threatening the species. "Everyone in the
business knows we're killing the goose that laid the golden eggs," insists
Robert Mielgo. And he knows what he's talking about. For years he was a diver
for one of the first tuna farms and saw firsthand
how catches have soared way above the authorized
limits. Now he has decided to fight back against the
monster that he helped create and he has become the
main witness against an industry grown fat on
plundering tuna stocks. The authorized limit for
fishing in the Mediterranean is 32,000 tons, but
experts estimate that over 50,000 tons are being
caught each year. |
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