Swimming with tuna

October 30, 2016 11:52 AM

Sure, we swim with dolphins, sharks, rays, and a whole host of other marine creatures—but tuna?--Hakai Magazine on controversy in South Australia's tuna-ranching industry

More on the sustainability of tuna:

The Tuna Lover's Dilemma: To Eat or Not To Eat

How Pole and Line Fishing Enables Sustainability in the Tuna Market

Greenpeace Tuna Shopping Guide

The Sustainable Issues of Serving Tuna

posted by MoonOrb (3 comments total)

“We were blindsided,” says Stehr, later adding, “We thought that we were the good guys coming in with an educational facility.”

A PR facility, more like it.

The only sustainable aspect of Australian tuna farming is that it reduces by-catch, but that's about it. The juvenile tuna are captured from the wild, for one thing. That's not sustainable.
posted by My Dad at 12:03 PM on October 30, 2016 [3 favorites]

That line jumped out at me as well. I don't know enough about the pros and cons to have an informed opinion as to whether or not this is good idea, but they sure look like a for profit tourist business more than an "educational facility."
posted by ActingTheGoat at 1:00 PM on October 30, 2016

Charlie Brooker did it a few years ago and wrote it up in his characteristic style.
posted by acb at 2:23 PM on October 30, 2016 [1 favorite]