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save a fish. roll your own.Let's consider the Bluefin Tuna. These magnificent creatures -- up to 12 feet long, weighing as much as 1,500 pounds, traveling in large schools, and deftly navigating the ocean at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour -- are commensurate with the American Bison in grandeur and largess. The relatively sudden collapse of Bluefin Tuna stocks is less apparent than the comparative disappearance of the bison -- at least in part because we do not share their deep blue home. Nevertheless, through a reckless combination of market demand, governmental subsidies, and overwhelming technological fishing advantage, the Bluefin Tuna population may be at less than 10 percent of its level measured in 1970 (to say nothing of where it may have been when giant Tunas were painted on walls of sacred caves at the dawn of history). Whole schools of Bluefin Tuna -- guided by evolution to surface for reproduction -- are spotted easily by airplanes searching for the giant silver creatures splashing and reflecting the sky. A call is quickly made to a fishing fleet on the water, which swiftly, and mechanically, encircles the school, and nets every fish -- up to 3,000 at a time. These fish will then likely be herded to penned sea ranches, and fed oily little fish to fatten them for market sale throughout the year. According to National Geographic Magazine the present rate of tuna harvesting is more than 4 times a remotely sustainable rate, and nearly as many times over and above the quotas and regulations drawn to protect the stock. These fish are deliberately overfished. Meanwhile, as the market is flooded with tuna all year, the return on each fish drops, inspiring the fishermen to catch more tuna. As consumers we may choose to withdraw our support from unsustainable industries and fisheries -- indeed, for the Bluefin Tuna, consumer choice is certainly more powerful than un-heeded, un-enforced legislation. For fisheries worldwide, the mere presence and operation of all 4 million-some fishing boats in the world -- more than double the necessary amount to fish within the oceans' means -- result in an insatiable drive that is crippling the oceans' ecosystems. No one has to give up sushi. But now, maybe rolling our own creatively makes more sense than ever. Have fun with it. Even the messies look cool:  Most folks have at least heard of these women -- now, you may watch Isa Chandra and Terry Hope roll sushi at home, in the Post Punk Kitchen. Posted 2/24/2008 link
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