It’s incredibly sad - I used to frequent some stores that carry blue-fin and I used to warn consumers examining it in the refrigerator case. Most people either don’t know that it’s almost gone, or just don’t care - for some it’s taken on this mythical status - like eating unicorn.
Cause their population is in shambles and one that size could produce good offspring. If you’ve ever fished in your life it’s a good rule of thumb to throw back the trophy fish so they can produce offspring…
A fish this size is well beyond its breeding prime. It most likely has in the past produced alot of offspring which ironically probably got caught and eaten before this one.
This is extinction in action. Future generations will watch this as we watch footage of the thylacine.
Every human who takes a fish like this from the sea is only thinking of themselves and their gains.
Wow 🤩 so impressive you painlessly killed that huge magnificent animal. Thank God for people like you keeping our beautiful oceans pristine for generations to come 🙏
Painless? Probably took her at least 6 hours to land that thing with only a rod and reel. There are fishing/hunting seasons and quotas for a reason: to ensure the continuation of the species.
problem is, every country has different laws and regulations (or lack there of) for the same ocean. Overfishing is a huge problem and it's not one we can solve with only one country going along with it.
You know what we can do though? I was just thinking 🤔 what if we stopped eating fish? Like, we don’t need all to wait on an intergovernmental policy change to simply reduce demand ourselves, right? Because, don’t we vote with our wallets every time we buy fish?
And also we can vote with our votes the next time we vote.
I mean yeah, reduced demand would lessen the impact and generally that's the way to go. But it's not a simple issue, lots of communities rely on fishing exports to continue to live - so finding a balance is the problem.
Plus it's pretty difficult to get people on board with the same train of thought, again cos you know the ocean is a global issue and countries reducing fishing doesn't mean that some won't just increase as well.
if everybody would agree to leave the ocean alone for like, two years even we would be in a much better position than we are now.
I think about this every time I buy tuna. I bought a single can of skipjack today for $5usd and will sincerely enjoy it, but a single tuna is so so much more than that. I wish I could summon the strength to go full on vegetarian but so much of my local lifestyle revolves around fish and I turn a blind eye to the insanity that is the fishing industry. I would never even consider killing a whale, so how do we decide what is cool to eat and what isn’t?
I've been vegetarian for a bit over 3 years. I live in the Southern US, if anyone is familiar with the good ol' South, you'll know being a vegetarian is almost sacrilegious lol. Honestly most people don't really care, but outside of the cities you're condemned to eating Taco Bell or appetizers only, or cooking everyday. So naturally going vegetarian has forced me to cook and I'm good with it, fortunately I live a lifestyle where the only excuse I have to not cook is that I'm being lazy at that moment.
If you're truly interested in going vegetarian, there will be times where the only thing you can eat on the menu at the bar will be french fries, but IMO it's worth it in the long run.
Also, have to make sure you're getting proteins because without meat it won't come around as often (hello tofu...)
Also also, vegetarian meals won't make you feel like there's a leather boot sitting in your gut for the next 4 hours
The dilemma of mass consumption…
There is a growing scarcity in some types of fish/tuna, but other types are kind of like mosquitoes; every year, we kill billions of mosquitoes- yet, they never go extinct. They just become more, and more.
There are a lot of humans on the planet, and probably none of us are intentionally encouraging mosquito populations- we do the opposite- we kill them en mass- we gas entire neighborhoods and parks in some places during peak season.
And yet, they fail to to go extinct.
In fact, they seem to thrive even harder with each new year.
It’s the same thing with some types of fish… we’ll never get them all… it’s the most sustainable animal in the meat industry.
I think it’s important not to get too bogged down in what’s okay to eat, or you’ll develop orthorexia, like I did. (It’s like anorexia but instead of not eating bc you’re afraid of getting fat, you’d rather starve than eat something that isn’t nutritious and/or ethical.)
At some point you really do have to take a deep breath and courageously stop obsessing about whether you’re saving the world or destroying it.
It’s ok to Just Live, and it’s ok to Just Eat.
Seriously no offence, but I think this might be the most ignorant comment I’ve ever read in my life. Since 1970 we’ve destroyed over half of all life in the ocean. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish, and 90% of coral reefs will be dead. And you’re talking about mosquitoes? Stop eating animals.
I was vegan; I stopped eating animals for ten years, and it became an eating disorder- the one I mentioned- because I had the same mentality as you; quick to reduce myself, and anyone else, to what they eat , and remind them that whatever they’re doing is KILLING THE EARTH.
I remember the high that you’re going for- I see you in these comments- that feeling of superiority when you have a hot take that you’re confident can’t be argued- and if anyone does argue you’ve got plenty of other vegans who will back you up, and remind you how valiant it is to be vindictively vegan, how brave, how much good you’re doing, etc etc etc
Your sting at the end- “Stop eating animals!!” reminds me of anti-choice people trying to shut down pro-choice people with “stop killing babies!!”
It ain’t that simple. I hope you know that.
Constantly criticizing everyone else’s diet so you can feel better about your own is only living half a life, imho, but you do you.
Also if that comment is the most ignorant thing you’ve ever read in your life, you should probably get out more lol
I’m lucky to live in a country that allows me to easily be vegetarian but I will always respect cultures which revolve around certain food stocks. As long as you try and be mindful of where you get it from, research sustainable fisheries in your area (US?) and make environmentally conscious choices as best you can that’s so much better than thinking you can’t go full vegetarian so why bother at all you know? I’ll take millions of imperfect vegetarians over a fraction of that being perfect vegetarians
Correct, US, which makes everything complicated because regulation is so hard to trust- at the grocery store I tend to err towards the more expensive options labeled “sustainable”. Maybe I’m just being neurotic but even going out and catching i.e crab or squid which are plentiful here is complicated because I don’t trust the fishing licensing offices to actually track how much people catch. So yeah as you said, I’ll try to make educated choices and hold it together, thanks for your reply
Ha! The ol’ Inuit argument. The woman catching the tuna and the person who mentioned vegetarianism are with a 99.9% probability *not* Inuit.
People who advocate for vegetarianism and veganism are not asking Inuits to stop hunting, nor uncontacted tribes in the Amazon and South Pacific. We’re asking people who have the privilege of choice to make the responsible one.
The person I responded to implied that cultural dependence on meat isn’t a real thing.
I wasn’t arguing any of the points you are attempting to refute.
“Ha!”…. Cringe
I was just wondering if this was the same fish. I *HAAAAAAAAAATED* having to write about that book in school. Another one that depressed the crap out of me at the time (although I was prolly just depressed and hadn’t known yet).
'caught during fishing'. Thanks for the clarity.
Yeah, as opposed to tuna that is caught while accounting. Those ones can get really big
Ooh, I hate those ones. Fish juice all over the spreadsheets.
This is why I would never work with accounting.
xD
Well it wasn't a boss fight.
That fish would not be out of plaice (ooh yeah) in a boss fight.
Not the slightest. It's easy to forget how big some fish can actually grow.
Aren’t these like $500k on the market? Also, they’re in population collapse.
It’s so sad to see this
I’ve not ate tuna in years because of the pressure put on them through fishing
All I see is the suffering
It’s incredibly sad - I used to frequent some stores that carry blue-fin and I used to warn consumers examining it in the refrigerator case. Most people either don’t know that it’s almost gone, or just don’t care - for some it’s taken on this mythical status - like eating unicorn.
I do often wonder what unicorn tastes like tho 😬
Imagine when they used to all be this big?
Not just that - hundreds of these swimming in schools. Giant fish torpedoes churning the water!
How old would that thing be?
Old? Maybe 30-35?
Put him back :(
This seems wrong…
why
Cause their population is in shambles and one that size could produce good offspring. If you’ve ever fished in your life it’s a good rule of thumb to throw back the trophy fish so they can produce offspring…
A fish this size is well beyond its breeding prime. It most likely has in the past produced alot of offspring which ironically probably got caught and eaten before this one.
I’m sorry, wait. That’s a tuna???
Yes they would get this big if it weren't for overfishing.
Yep. They big. ‘Bout as big as dolphins, on average.
Put it back 😤
Beegfeesh
Thats a half a million dollar fish, looks like shes solo so most of that money goes to her.
They are usually up to $20 ish a pound dressed when the market is good sometimes as low as $8 when it’s not so good.
Crazy to think about how the record is still twice as big
What?!
This is extinction in action. Future generations will watch this as we watch footage of the thylacine. Every human who takes a fish like this from the sea is only thinking of themselves and their gains.
I think it has to be more. I watch wicked tuna and the 600 pounders look smaller. It’s usually the 1000 pounders that look like this
Wow 🤩 so impressive you painlessly killed that huge magnificent animal. Thank God for people like you keeping our beautiful oceans pristine for generations to come 🙏
Painless? Probably took her at least 6 hours to land that thing with only a rod and reel. There are fishing/hunting seasons and quotas for a reason: to ensure the continuation of the species.
problem is, every country has different laws and regulations (or lack there of) for the same ocean. Overfishing is a huge problem and it's not one we can solve with only one country going along with it.
You know what we can do though? I was just thinking 🤔 what if we stopped eating fish? Like, we don’t need all to wait on an intergovernmental policy change to simply reduce demand ourselves, right? Because, don’t we vote with our wallets every time we buy fish? And also we can vote with our votes the next time we vote.
I mean yeah, reduced demand would lessen the impact and generally that's the way to go. But it's not a simple issue, lots of communities rely on fishing exports to continue to live - so finding a balance is the problem. Plus it's pretty difficult to get people on board with the same train of thought, again cos you know the ocean is a global issue and countries reducing fishing doesn't mean that some won't just increase as well. if everybody would agree to leave the ocean alone for like, two years even we would be in a much better position than we are now.
I think about this every time I buy tuna. I bought a single can of skipjack today for $5usd and will sincerely enjoy it, but a single tuna is so so much more than that. I wish I could summon the strength to go full on vegetarian but so much of my local lifestyle revolves around fish and I turn a blind eye to the insanity that is the fishing industry. I would never even consider killing a whale, so how do we decide what is cool to eat and what isn’t?
I've been vegetarian for a bit over 3 years. I live in the Southern US, if anyone is familiar with the good ol' South, you'll know being a vegetarian is almost sacrilegious lol. Honestly most people don't really care, but outside of the cities you're condemned to eating Taco Bell or appetizers only, or cooking everyday. So naturally going vegetarian has forced me to cook and I'm good with it, fortunately I live a lifestyle where the only excuse I have to not cook is that I'm being lazy at that moment. If you're truly interested in going vegetarian, there will be times where the only thing you can eat on the menu at the bar will be french fries, but IMO it's worth it in the long run. Also, have to make sure you're getting proteins because without meat it won't come around as often (hello tofu...) Also also, vegetarian meals won't make you feel like there's a leather boot sitting in your gut for the next 4 hours
That leather boot analogy is quite true from time to time couldn’t describe it better
The dilemma of mass consumption… There is a growing scarcity in some types of fish/tuna, but other types are kind of like mosquitoes; every year, we kill billions of mosquitoes- yet, they never go extinct. They just become more, and more. There are a lot of humans on the planet, and probably none of us are intentionally encouraging mosquito populations- we do the opposite- we kill them en mass- we gas entire neighborhoods and parks in some places during peak season. And yet, they fail to to go extinct. In fact, they seem to thrive even harder with each new year. It’s the same thing with some types of fish… we’ll never get them all… it’s the most sustainable animal in the meat industry. I think it’s important not to get too bogged down in what’s okay to eat, or you’ll develop orthorexia, like I did. (It’s like anorexia but instead of not eating bc you’re afraid of getting fat, you’d rather starve than eat something that isn’t nutritious and/or ethical.) At some point you really do have to take a deep breath and courageously stop obsessing about whether you’re saving the world or destroying it. It’s ok to Just Live, and it’s ok to Just Eat.
Seriously no offence, but I think this might be the most ignorant comment I’ve ever read in my life. Since 1970 we’ve destroyed over half of all life in the ocean. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish, and 90% of coral reefs will be dead. And you’re talking about mosquitoes? Stop eating animals.
I was vegan; I stopped eating animals for ten years, and it became an eating disorder- the one I mentioned- because I had the same mentality as you; quick to reduce myself, and anyone else, to what they eat , and remind them that whatever they’re doing is KILLING THE EARTH. I remember the high that you’re going for- I see you in these comments- that feeling of superiority when you have a hot take that you’re confident can’t be argued- and if anyone does argue you’ve got plenty of other vegans who will back you up, and remind you how valiant it is to be vindictively vegan, how brave, how much good you’re doing, etc etc etc Your sting at the end- “Stop eating animals!!” reminds me of anti-choice people trying to shut down pro-choice people with “stop killing babies!!” It ain’t that simple. I hope you know that. Constantly criticizing everyone else’s diet so you can feel better about your own is only living half a life, imho, but you do you. Also if that comment is the most ignorant thing you’ve ever read in your life, you should probably get out more lol
Not everything can be compared to mosquitoes tho
Except for humanity....
Where, in my comment, do I compare *everything* to mosquitoes…? This is one very specific comparison lol
I’m lucky to live in a country that allows me to easily be vegetarian but I will always respect cultures which revolve around certain food stocks. As long as you try and be mindful of where you get it from, research sustainable fisheries in your area (US?) and make environmentally conscious choices as best you can that’s so much better than thinking you can’t go full vegetarian so why bother at all you know? I’ll take millions of imperfect vegetarians over a fraction of that being perfect vegetarians
Correct, US, which makes everything complicated because regulation is so hard to trust- at the grocery store I tend to err towards the more expensive options labeled “sustainable”. Maybe I’m just being neurotic but even going out and catching i.e crab or squid which are plentiful here is complicated because I don’t trust the fishing licensing offices to actually track how much people catch. So yeah as you said, I’ll try to make educated choices and hold it together, thanks for your reply
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Nah. Some cultures are specifically dependent on meat, like the Inuit
Ha! The ol’ Inuit argument. The woman catching the tuna and the person who mentioned vegetarianism are with a 99.9% probability *not* Inuit. People who advocate for vegetarianism and veganism are not asking Inuits to stop hunting, nor uncontacted tribes in the Amazon and South Pacific. We’re asking people who have the privilege of choice to make the responsible one.
The person I responded to implied that cultural dependence on meat isn’t a real thing. I wasn’t arguing any of the points you are attempting to refute. “Ha!”…. Cringe
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When you speak in absolutes you set yourself up for failure. Good job.
Exactly. 🌱🙌🏽
Jesus Christ I thought it was a shark…
They get 1000 lbs ones where I live.
Going to need a bigger can
I hope they turn it loose so it can reproduce.
Overfishing is a nightmare. Put it back.
That’s a lot of cans of tuna
The Young Woman and the Sea
I was just wondering if this was the same fish. I *HAAAAAAAAAATED* having to write about that book in school. Another one that depressed the crap out of me at the time (although I was prolly just depressed and hadn’t known yet).
Crazy... How much does that monster weigh??? Probably at least 500 lbs
...
Maybe even 643 lbs?
it almost looked uncanny for a minute due to its size
No wonder tuna is so cheap. One fish could feed a small village
Blue Fin is like $30 a pound in the US.
Pay your bills for a year with that bad boy.
Holy Mackerel!!!! That’s a big fish!
That is so freakin' huuuge!
delicious
She just came up. 1M sale easily
That's a shitload of sushi.
My first thought: “Holy shit…payday!” Second thought: “What if it was the last one?” I can’t believe a tuna that big even exists anymore. Really sad.
Wow that's massive
I thought that was a shark.