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Comment: Tuna can stay on the menu... for now

By James Joseph

29 July 2009

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Guilt-free tuna

(Image: Andrzeg Krause)

IS IT OK to eat tuna without feeling guilty? The media is full of reports claiming the demise of tuna stocks. Monaco, France and the UK are calling for the trade in bluefin tuna to be banned. There is no doubt that some tuna stocks are heavily overfished, but they are not the source of the fish you eat in a tuna sandwich or salad. In fact, it’s OK to continue eating tuna – at least for now.

Tuna are widely but sparsely distributed throughout the world’s oceans. They grow rapidly to very large size and…

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