In recent years the bluefin tuna has been heavily over fished, and there is still a big demand for this species. Its popularity means that the demand is still there, in Japan 90 percent of bluefin tuna is consumed as sushi. According to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICAAT), its numbers are now 70 percent below their 1970 levels.
But there is hope, an Icelandic seafood conglomerate Umami are rearing bluefin at a Mexican fishfarm that they purchased in 2010 and they are calling it a "Sustainable" Pacific bluefin. This is just one of several aquaculture farms around the world that are trying to raise bluefin. One of the problems of rearing bluefin is they are a migratory fish that is relatively slow to mature. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
But there is hope, an Icelandic seafood conglomerate Umami are rearing bluefin at a Mexican fishfarm that they purchased in 2010 and they are calling it a "Sustainable" Pacific bluefin. This is just one of several aquaculture farms around the world that are trying to raise bluefin. One of the problems of rearing bluefin is they are a migratory fish that is relatively slow to mature. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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