The western and central Pacific ocean are the world’s largest tuna fishery, an industry worth seven billion dollars a year. The stakes were high as a battle over sustainable harvesting of this resource came to a head in Australia earlier this month. In Hawai’i, meanwhile, families are monitoring the availability of ‘ahi, or big eye tuna, like hawks and traditionally, demand comes to a climax on New Year’s day. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports.
http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/
http://www.hawaii-seafood.org/wild-hawaii-fish/tunas/bigeye-tuna/
http://www.fishwatch.gov/
http://www.fda.gov/food/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm110591.htm
