November 7, 2009
Scenes from the tuna trade
A fisherman unloads a sashimi-grade yellowfin tuna from a small boat at the General Santos Fish Port Complex on Mindinao island in the southern Philippines on Aug. 11, 2009. Hand-line fishermen in General Santos bring in some of the best quality — and most expensive — tuna that goes on sale in the large fresh tuna market here.
The fact that he can carry it is testament to the total destruction of the tuna species.
Tuna used to be huge – most of them. They would grow into great olde beasts which lived for many years in the ocean.
Now all that's left is the small young ones.