Journalistic integrity, oh where art thou? Who thinks its radioactive? There's no source. And what counts as radioactive. Humans are technically radioactive.
The pacific bluefin tuna however, does swim around Japan, and fish caught in tuna have had levels of some radioactive isotopes measure several times higher than usual. A chemical analysis showed that fukushimi dai-ichi was the source. However, the levels were significantly below the acceptable limits for seafood. Of course, the media just want to beat up on scare tactics and FUD whenever radiation is involved, and ignore that even if all the food you eat in a year was 10 times as radioactive, it still wouldnt cover the radiation you receive taking a single flight anywhere (or walking in the sunshine). Did you know that a coal powered powerstation gives off 5-10 times as much radiation as living next door to a nuclear powerstation?
haha-you wouldnt be the only one sucked in on those prices! Heres the other side of it
1/ couple of hundred grand is the highest Ive heard of (though I havent paid much attention over the last 7 or 8 years)
2/ Those mega prices always go to a Japanese fisherman-kind of like bidding on your own ebay listing. It ends up back in their own pocket but makes a great headline.
3/ Remember the japanese have a government ministry dedicated to it, and systematically pilfered and raped the SBT fishery until caught out a few years back. The punishment was for Aus and NZ fisherman to have their quotas reduced!
4/ You dont hear of the number of times quality tuna arrives on the market and "sells" for less than the cost of the airfreight/packing ($6-$10kg), let alone the 17% the japs charge to pick it up at the airport and drop it at the Tsukiji market. Sometimes you can be charged for "disposal", but there is no prove that its actually distroyed!
5/ worse still-quality tuna that is sold for a good price on the market, then a fortnight later is "found" to have some indescipherable disease. The money is automatically withdrawn from any other money owing but of course the selling fees, transport in Japan (17%), crew etc have all been paid.
We asked for a list of all the "ailments" from the agents which came back in Japanese. Translation proved almost impossible and non-sensical!
6/ the average price was quite good when the $AU was low but not too flash now.
7/ The Japs would also make hefty deductions for small marks and cosmetic flaws on the fish, yet they move them around the markets-with a friggin front end loader!
i would love to catch one of them! i think the radioactive testing is to see if the radioactive material from fukushima has entered the currents that travel around the world and made its way over here... i hope not!
hlokk
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Journalistic integrity, oh
Journalistic integrity, oh where art thou? Who thinks its radioactive? There's no source. And what counts as radioactive. Humans are technically radioactive.
Why is a Southern bluefin tuna going to be hanging around halfway up the northern hemisphere? Japan is nowhere near its usual (or even unusual) range: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Thunnus-maccoyii.html
The pacific bluefin tuna however, does swim around Japan, and fish caught in tuna have had levels of some radioactive isotopes measure several times higher than usual. A chemical analysis showed that fukushimi dai-ichi was the source. However, the levels were significantly below the acceptable limits for seafood. Of course, the media just want to beat up on scare tactics and FUD whenever radiation is involved, and ignore that even if all the food you eat in a year was 10 times as radioactive, it still wouldnt cover the radiation you receive taking a single flight anywhere (or walking in the sunshine). Did you know that a coal powered powerstation gives off 5-10 times as much radiation as living next door to a nuclear powerstation?
Versus
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haha hlokk, hit the nail on
haha hlokk, hit the nail on the head. Someone at the west should be hit in the head for this. as bad as the crikey.com article on the margiris
Tim
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SBT
Where did the SBT claim come from Matt?
None of these big Tuna are Southern Blues.
StevieP
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they are the HULKs of the sea
they are the HULKs of the sea
Knot Big Enuff
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Im more interested in the price on such a Tuna $700K .... !!!
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tim-o
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Send the shit to japan and
Send the shit to japan and let those whale slayers get more googly eyed eatin radioactive sashimi haha
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Paul H
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Yes questionable journalism
Yes questionable journalism "Thought to be radioactive" & caught to study this posibility but yet to actually be tested!!
I also noted they had no reservations in eating the thought to be radioactive tuna.
Would love to catch one that size glowing or not.
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Batty
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$713,000
I can feel a career change coming on...........
Lifes a game but fishing is serious !!!
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haha-you would be the only one sucked in
haha-you wouldnt be the only one sucked in on those prices! Heres the other side of it
1/ couple of hundred grand is the highest Ive heard of (though I havent paid much attention over the last 7 or 8 years)
2/ Those mega prices always go to a Japanese fisherman-kind of like bidding on your own ebay listing. It ends up back in their own pocket but makes a great headline.
3/ Remember the japanese have a government ministry dedicated to it, and systematically pilfered and raped the SBT fishery until caught out a few years back. The punishment was for Aus and NZ fisherman to have their quotas reduced!
4/ You dont hear of the number of times quality tuna arrives on the market and "sells" for less than the cost of the airfreight/packing ($6-$10kg), let alone the 17% the japs charge to pick it up at the airport and drop it at the Tsukiji market. Sometimes you can be charged for "disposal", but there is no prove that its actually distroyed!
5/ worse still-quality tuna that is sold for a good price on the market, then a fortnight later is "found" to have some indescipherable disease. The money is automatically withdrawn from any other money owing but of course the selling fees, transport in Japan (17%), crew etc have all been paid.
We asked for a list of all the "ailments" from the agents which came back in Japanese. Translation proved almost impossible and non-sensical!
6/ the average price was quite good when the $AU was low but not too flash now.
7/ The Japs would also make hefty deductions for small marks and cosmetic flaws on the fish, yet they move them around the markets-with a friggin front end loader!
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pale ale
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Dirty lying stealing
Dirty lying stealing bastards!!!
Never did trust them!
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monster
i would love to catch one of them! i think the radioactive testing is to see if the radioactive material from fukushima has entered the currents that travel around the world and made its way over here... i hope not!