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[arethinn]

Last week Canada’s scientists declared the Atlantic bluefin tuna endangered, meaning it faces imminent extirpation or extinction. [...] It’s highly unlikely that Canada will give any protections to bluefin tuna. Canada has never protected a commercially fished species under SARA (including cod) and seems unlikely to start with bluefin [...] The United States is poised to make its own endangered status determination, due next week. Unlike Canada’s SARA, the U.S. listing determination under the Endangered Species Act must be based on science, not taking into account economic factors. But politics play a large part in U.S. listings too.

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[digitalsidhe]

That's it. No more maguro for me, regardless of what the politicians decide.

Which is a shame, because I really like maguro. Not as much as hamachi, but it's about second on my "nom!" list when I go out for sushi.

Thank you for letting me know about this.

[arethinn]

Sushi apparently is a minefield because something sold under the same name is not necessarily always the same species of fish. I think several things are sold as "tai", for example. "Maguro" without qualification might be bluefin or it could be yellowfin or other variety. According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium guide (http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/download.aspx - there's a link specifically for sushi below the map, as well as the general west coast one), hamachi is out too, as is farmed Atlantic salmon (which is the salmon in every sushi restaurant I've ever been in) and imported farmed shrimp (which is a lot of them).

edit: Can't say I'm too sad unagi is on the bad list, too. Never have liked the stuff. Husband and I usually specifically avoid nigiri combinations because there's always this damn piece of eel and we both hate it, heh.