Word: bluefin
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...Price paid for a 325-kg bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Tsukiji market, the second highest price ever for a single tuna...
...high seas. But it won't go into force until 30 nations ratify it; 25 have done so. Among top fishing nations, Japan is noticeably absent. The country relies heavily on seafood and yet is exceptionally disrespectful toward the ocean. It has disregarded international quotas on catches of southern bluefin tuna and used "scientific research" as a bogus justification for hunting whales in the International Whaling Commission's Antarctic Sanctuary. A 1997 study revealed that of 109 plastic objects found in Midway's albatrosses, 108 had come from Japan. A world leader in so many ways, Japan would greatly improve...