New Study Reveals 59% of America's "Tuna" Isn't Actually Tuna

Rich Ledoux — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:34:23 +0000

I seriously made myself a tuna fish sandwich for lunch today, and then got to work and saw this. A nonprofit ocean protection group has genetically tested over a thousand samples of fish from across the U.S. and found some pretty disturbing facts, especially concerning what is labeled "tuna". 84% of fish samples labeled "white tuna", for example, were actually escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, (wait for it).......oily anal leakage. Here's some other things you might want to know:

Tuna Sells For a Cool $1.76 Million Dollars

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:30:25 +0000

It’s a story that should make everybody want to invest in a fishing boat. A 489 pound bluefish tuna caught off the coast of Japan has just been sold for $1.76 million during an auction at Toyko’s Tsukiji fish market. It is the most money ever paid for a single fish, shattering the previous mark of [...]

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New Study Reveals 59% of America's "Tuna" Isn't Actually Tuna

Tuna Sells For a Cool $1.76 Million Dollars