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...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...
...spots on earth: Eco Beach, two hours' drive south. On that unblemished coast I fished with a friend, Danny O'Sullivan, who had taken up guiding after a long stint in the SAS, the Australian commandos. With eight-weight fly rods and streamer flies, we went after the small bluefin tuna that boil up in schools less than a mile offshore, around 15 to 30 lbs. apiece. That day they were abundant in the sapphire water; I hooked five, boated three and kept one. Gutted, tailed and beheaded, it went into a cooler in the back of my rented...
...always the easiest person to be with, especially at meals; one loses one's appetite for fish. She can rhapsodize about an Atlantic bluefin tuna until you not only regret every piece of bluefin sushi in your life; you also begin to see the tuna her way--as the lion of the deep. "They are perfectly adapted to their environment," she says. They can travel thousands of miles, sometimes at 60 m.p.h. And they are built for speed; their fins retract into slots in their sides. She notes they are also responsible citizens that, by producing "zillions of eggs," feed...
...continue down this same road, what will this earth look like generations from now? Empty oceans, chopped-down forests and bumper stickers that read SAVE US FROM OURSELVES. JENNIFER LEE, age 16 New York City I have been fishing for bluefin tuna commercially for 30 years and have seen an incredible increase in the stock since 1988. The conservation program has worked, but at the expense of commercial fishermen. We are heavily restricted in the amount and size of the tuna we catch, while recreational anglers are not. If consumers want to do something to help fish stocks, they should...
What has been missing is a willingness to take action. Consumers no less than politicians bear some of the blame. Simply by refusing to buy bluefin tuna in Tokyo, grouper in Hong Kong or swordfish in Chicago, consumers could relieve the pressure on some of the world's most beleaguered fisheries and allow them the time they need to recover. To help shoppers become more selective about what they put on the dinner table, the Worldwide Fund for Nature and Unilever, one of the world's largest purveyors of frozen seafood, have launched a joint venture that in 1998 will...