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Old 01-19-2008, 03:35 PM  
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On a side note: Did any of you catch the Bluefin Tuna segment on "60 Minutes" last week. Click here to see the story.

A $600.00 sushi dinner consists of the Cream of the Crop of Tuna. Some Bluefins bring in over 20K each if they have the highest fat content possible.

Comercial fisherman are about to exterminate this species from our oceans.

It won't be much longer and you will have no more Bluefins.

Huge schools of Bluefin tuna are spotted by fisherman using "Spotter Planes" (VERY ILLEGAL)

and then their fishing fleets are scrambled in to surround the school with huge circular nets. 10's of thousands of fish are caught in one swoop.

They then keep the fish caged up and fattened up until a mass harvest takes place by simply just closing in on their nets.

Most all goes to Japan.

The species will be wiped out soon.
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