Word: tuna
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...last bite of bluefin tuna the other night. It came at SHO Shaun Hergatt, a luxurious restaurant in the Wall Street area known for its eponymous chef's penchant for using the best ingredients from around the world. The bluefin was no exception. Served on a pristine plate with fennel gelée, young ginger and artisanal soy, this was pure o-toro (bluefin belly), the pinnacle of fishly flesh, a barely dressed bombshell that exploded on my palate with incomparable taste and texture. It was awesome. But I have to stop eating...
...Representatives of the fishing industry say that ICCAT, and not CITES, is still the proper mechanism for regulating tuna. "It's true that for some years, ICCAT didn't work well because member states didn't comply with its rules," says Javier Garat, secretary general of the Madrid-based Spanish Fishing Confederation. "But it's gotten stricter, and its efforts are bearing fruit...
...illegal fishing and routinely ignoring ICCAT quotas. "There's a reason why this initiative was so crucial," says Sant. "ICCAT has made a lot of promises about improving its scientific management of the fishery and better enforcing its own regulations, but they really haven't come through, and the tuna population continues to be extremely low." (Watch TIME's video "The Trouble with Tuna...
...less scrupulous nations might have been enticed into breaking the agreement. "It would have only increased the black market, and the countries that would have been most hurt by it would be the ones following the law - which is to say the European Union," Garat adds. (See "Hunting for Tuna: The Environmental Peril Grows...
...With the start of the Atlantic bluefin spawning season just two weeks away, Mediterranean tuna fishermen - and sushi lovers - have been granted a reprieve. One that will last, however, only as long as the bluefin does...