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Bluefin Tuna
- Thread starter Tug
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Many moons ago when we lived on the Left Coast, you could easily get a Bluefin Licence which meant you could legally sell it and the offshore waters did have a goodly number of Japanese boats with ready $$$$ and no questions asked. They used to load them on planes at Logan and off to Japan within 24 hours.
Best we ever did was on a private charter out of Martha's Vineyard. 2 of us plus 2 crew got 9 of 'em @ 100 lbs + in one day on stand up tackle. Next day was definitely NOT stand up :shock: and these fish were sold locally.
Fun bit was unloading them at the same dock as used by the annual bluefish tournament where everyone was weighing in their 20 lb fish. Lots of envy.
You have to catch a fish that weighs more than you do once in your life.
Beautiful fish almost a shame to kill them. Other sad part was that the bait we used was simply scooped up out of the mile or so of floating "bycatch" dumped overboard from one of the many trawlers in the same area.
I am surprised that one in Japan went for so much money as they used to be full of Mercury (which is why they were buying the US fish at very high prices).
M
Best we ever did was on a private charter out of Martha's Vineyard. 2 of us plus 2 crew got 9 of 'em @ 100 lbs + in one day on stand up tackle. Next day was definitely NOT stand up :shock: and these fish were sold locally.
Fun bit was unloading them at the same dock as used by the annual bluefish tournament where everyone was weighing in their 20 lb fish. Lots of envy.
You have to catch a fish that weighs more than you do once in your life.
Beautiful fish almost a shame to kill them. Other sad part was that the bait we used was simply scooped up out of the mile or so of floating "bycatch" dumped overboard from one of the many trawlers in the same area.
I am surprised that one in Japan went for so much money as they used to be full of Mercury (which is why they were buying the US fish at very high prices).
M
starcrafttom
Active member
That fish sold in Japan may have been caught any where in the world. Tuna is Good but its not that good. Sad part is that it will not even be bbqed right. It will be served as sushi to about a 1000 rich japanese.
I would love to get into a tuna, any tuna just once in my life. May have to hit the coast this summer.
I would love to get into a tuna, any tuna just once in my life. May have to hit the coast this summer.
starcrafttom":nt83sh13 said:That fish sold in Japan may have been caught any where in the world. Tuna is Good but its not that good. Sad part is that it will not even be bbqed right. It will be served as sushi to about a 1000 rich japanese.
I would love to get into a tuna, any tuna just once in my life. May have to hit the coast this summer.
I can probably help you out with that sometime this summer. I just need to get a bit more experience under my belt so it's not a waste of our time and $'s.
Tom,
The original article says it was caught someplace that I assume is near Japan. (see below)
With you on needing to catch some. Albacore can be a lot of fun on light tackle (and if you can't eat it all it makes fantastic crab bait... recycle!!)
If you decide to go after the big stuff, let me know I still have all the gear
M
Fancy a $50 piece of sushi?
That's what one piece of a 593-pound blue fin tuna sold Thursday at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market for a record $736,000 is worth.
Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs the Sushi-Zanmai chain in Japan, bought the record-setting fish at the first auction of the new year at Japan's main fish market, a popular tourist stop in Tokyo, according to the Tokyo Times.
The previous record for a fish was set at the market in 2011's first sale of the new year, when a Hong Kong restauranteur paid $422,000 for a blue fin. He took that fish to Hong Kong.
Kimura said he wanted to keep this year's top tuna in Japan. It was caught off Amori prefecture.
"We tried very hard to win the bidding, so that we could give Japan a boost and have Japanese people eat the most delicious tuna," the Mainichi Daily News quoted him as saying.
Despite the record price Kimura paid, pieces of the prize fish are expected to sell for around $5 in his restaurants.
The original article says it was caught someplace that I assume is near Japan. (see below)
With you on needing to catch some. Albacore can be a lot of fun on light tackle (and if you can't eat it all it makes fantastic crab bait... recycle!!)
If you decide to go after the big stuff, let me know I still have all the gear
M
Fancy a $50 piece of sushi?
That's what one piece of a 593-pound blue fin tuna sold Thursday at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market for a record $736,000 is worth.
Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs the Sushi-Zanmai chain in Japan, bought the record-setting fish at the first auction of the new year at Japan's main fish market, a popular tourist stop in Tokyo, according to the Tokyo Times.
The previous record for a fish was set at the market in 2011's first sale of the new year, when a Hong Kong restauranteur paid $422,000 for a blue fin. He took that fish to Hong Kong.
Kimura said he wanted to keep this year's top tuna in Japan. It was caught off Amori prefecture.
"We tried very hard to win the bidding, so that we could give Japan a boost and have Japanese people eat the most delicious tuna," the Mainichi Daily News quoted him as saying.
Despite the record price Kimura paid, pieces of the prize fish are expected to sell for around $5 in his restaurants.
Cape Hatteras in Febuary is usually giant bluefin season. It's mostly a catch and release fishery but they do keep some fish. The Hatteras Harbor Marina has reports of both black fin and yellowfin being caught now. See current reports at http://hatterasharbor.com/
D.D.
D.D.
Sad part is that it will not even be bbqed right.
Bar-b-qued?!!?!?!?!?!?!? BAR-B-QUED!?!?! Are you crazy, Tom? The only good tuna is raw tuna. Yum!
localboy":33wt5q75 said:Sad part is that it will not even be bbqed right.
Bar-b-qued?!!?!?!?!?!?!? BAR-B-QUED!?!?! Are you crazy, Tom? The only good tuna is raw tuna. Yum!
Best tune I ever had was served raw the same day I caught it
Salmon Fisher
Member
I agee, mostly raw is great! First tuna I ever had was on a trip to Kauai and got to go on a "free" fishing trip. Only caught some small ones, but they were the best just seared on the grill.
Can't wait to go sometime for albacore! August 2010 was fishing salmon at Westport, water was flat for 4 straight days and they were getting them 25-30 miles SW. Traded for a loin back at the dock with some guys for some of my smoked salmon. Good eatin!
Can't wait to go sometime for albacore! August 2010 was fishing salmon at Westport, water was flat for 4 straight days and they were getting them 25-30 miles SW. Traded for a loin back at the dock with some guys for some of my smoked salmon. Good eatin!
starcrafttom
Active member
local boy, can you spell salmonella? My wife the bio chemist can. So you see I will stick to a LIGHTLY bbq tuna.
C-Hawk":37l8muqp said:localboy":37l8muqp said:Sad part is that it will not even be bbqed right.
Bar-b-qued?!!?!?!?!?!?!? BAR-B-QUED!?!?! Are you crazy, Tom? The only good tuna is raw tuna. Yum!
Best tune I ever had was served raw the same day I caught it
Oh, yes. Back home we'd "prepare" them on the boat while they were still kicking. So fresh, it almost swims down your throat! :wink:
Tom, I've NEVER gotten sick from any raw fish I've prepared. I did however, get a horendous case of food poisoning once from a sushi restaurant in Seattle. This was when I first moved here back in 2000. I've never been so sick in my life. That said, we still prepare either sashimi (Japanese style; thin sliced & eaten w/ Shoyu & wasabi) or poke' (Hawai'ian style; prepared w/ seaweed, sea salt and other spices) at home or for parties. I do eat it slightly cooked but I've seen people OVER-cook it and dry it out. BAAAAAAD!
The fact that a fish can sell for $1000/lb is a good indication that they aren't so easy to catch anymore which is in turn a good indication that they are getting depleted. Bluefin tuna in particular are severely over fished and depleted - especially the Atlantic stocks (the Pacific stocks are also depleted and declining).
Other than the pacific albacore that I catch myself (from fairly abundant stocks), I've quit eating tuna altogether. Tuna populations worldwide are (for the most part) over fished and severely depleted - mostly for the sushi market (both in Japan and elsewhere including the US). So while I LOVE some good tuna sushi or sashimi, my conscience won't allow me to eat it. Maybe sometime in my life, the fishing will be better managed and the stocks will recover to the point where I can once again eat bluefin sushi but at present, the more likely scenario is that expensive prices will drive further depletion and perhaps extinction of this fish.
Other than the pacific albacore that I catch myself (from fairly abundant stocks), I've quit eating tuna altogether. Tuna populations worldwide are (for the most part) over fished and severely depleted - mostly for the sushi market (both in Japan and elsewhere including the US). So while I LOVE some good tuna sushi or sashimi, my conscience won't allow me to eat it. Maybe sometime in my life, the fishing will be better managed and the stocks will recover to the point where I can once again eat bluefin sushi but at present, the more likely scenario is that expensive prices will drive further depletion and perhaps extinction of this fish.