Wholesalers walk between frozen tuna laid out in rows at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Saturday.
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Wholesalers walk between frozen tuna laid out in rows at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Saturday.
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skipbeat
yomuri said,
Thanks for the clarification and you are right.
Molenir
Some of those fish there are HUGE!
telecasterplayer
That's the most delicious-looking morgue I've seen
MrUSA
Looks like a picture of a buffet.
xpompey8
A typical day in Tsukuji.
It's comparable to a slaughterhouse, but yeah the picture is horrible.
cleo
This is a truly horrible photo. A picture of a morgue.
nutsagain
The depletion of tuna stocks is but one part of a much more worrying eco problem. Notice how much trouble fishermen are having with jellyfish these few years? That's because the bio-mass of species is shifting in their favor. They're ancient, designed to survive and they will, as the oceans deplete of fish. Troubled? I am and if in the slightest doubt, Google 'The rise of slime' and scare yourselves ... Tuna is also cat-food and cat-food turns into kitty-litter which often gets back into the same oceans along with our pharmaceuticals. The big Canadian lakes are in trouble plenty but we're all just hoping the problem will go away. It won't ...
imacat
Japan has decimated the fisheries surrounding Japan.
If it couldn't manage those fisheries nearest to Japan, why on earth should we have any confidence in what Japan is doing on the high seas?
Based on its record in managing its own fisheries, Japan is a very dangerous fishing nation.
Triple888
Poseidon must be furious with the Japanese by now.
30061015
If it hasn't been already, the oceans will soon be pushed beyond the critical threshold of no return. We assume its all going to be there forever, but overfishing on this scale to feed 6.7 billion will colapse the ocean's food chain beyond recovery.
HonestDictator
Its only the bluefin tuna that is subject to the ban until the species recovers. I dunno what species this is, but I understand its not bluefin.
Being a hunter (wild game such as elk, deer, moose etc.) I understand there are seasons that I don't hunt because I understand what is required to conserve a species so that it doesn't become endangered.
Japan just needs to understand they have to hold back their own selfish desires for the sake of their future. It doesn't have to get so bad that they're forced to stop eating tuna because it gets driven to near extinction. Conservation is what matters, not they "Oh my they're not extinct yet" mentality.
slizzzer
you think the Japanese will start eating carp once all the tuna is gone?
slizzzer
fast forward 15 years. those tuna will be the size of a goldfish.
Disillusioned
It is people like you that will be deeply saddened when it is all gone.
gamera
Japan does not care about a Tuna ban.
umedayo
why show it?? JT cashing in on some sensationalism id presume.
yomuri
he's not stepping on the tuna, he's walking past them
I eat Tuna. lots and lots of Tuna.
hokkaidoguy
There are over 40 species of tuna. Not all of them are big.
skipbeat
This picture is grotesque and creepy. Why show a picture of some guy foot stepping on the tuna? I don't eat tuna.
kwatt
Why so tiny tunas? No more big ones? I thought tunas are much bigger.
Sarge
Those are tiny tunas.
mansen
it s frozen bigeye tuna.
gogogo
We'll show the world no one can stop us killing fish... kill more!
some14some
Is this the size of wholesale market? smaller than retail market !!
AzabuSamurai
only if its Blue Fin Tuna. Other tuna is fine. From the picture i don't know what it is.
sharky1
Better make an archive of this image...it will be drastically different in about 5 years...