Nobu’s doors blocked by protest over bluefin tuna

Remember Nobu, the expensive sushi restaurant that put a warning in its menu telling customers to not order their bluefin tuna dishes? Here’s a follow-up video report from the folks at Don’t Panic Online:

In a related story, Mainichi reports that a proposed ban on Northern bluefin tuna trade “could threaten Japan’s food supply.”

[via Our Man in Abiko]

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25 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - August 14, 2009 at 7:36 am

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James

Piss off hippies. If we want to eat Blue Fin Tuna sushi then we can at Nobu. We are paying for it.

Yom

this made me lol

i fully agree btw
Eddie

WORD!
Anonymous

Damn straight! And if we want to have sex with children then we can in Thailand. We are paying for it.

Greed always trumps ethics, amirite??

the past me

Cue the fishing of Bluefin Tuna for “research” in 3….2…..1
Blacknimbus

mmmm…tuna
Yom

i assume that jobless wonder was arrested for criminal damage and obstruction?
nakamura25

God damn hippies!

Go get a job.
method

“If we want to eat Blue Fin Tuna sushi then we can at Nobu. We are paying for it.”

Yeah, that makes sense. The “I paid for it” argument.

The Overthinker

Yeah, it does, because when the fish gets too expensive, people will stop eating it so much.

RMilner

That’s fine except the point at which a resource becomes too expensive may be below the point at which it ceases to be sustainable. In which case it makes sense to stop exploiting the resource earlier and allow stocks to regrow.

Of course this is difficult for people to understand, and leads to the tragedy of the commons.

The Overthinker

True – my point is only a general comment about how the market can self-regulate. And if the government steps in and subsidises it to artificially deflate the price then forget it.

saru-kun

These guys should have watched the segment on Cocorico where they eat a whole maguro.
weirdo

I don’t think he really did much good for his cause, he just makes himself and people like him look like a bunch of annoying asshats.
kay Sato

although he might have not been the most tactful person, i believe fishing and overfishing should be more regulated…. i mean seriously.. do u really want to get rid of bluefin tuna? pigs.
adfadsadsasd

Isn’t that vandalism? He would get jail for this in my country.
no vegetarian

“isn’t that vandalism?” isn’t it vandalism to hunt a species until it dies out?

think the purpose justifies the means here.

weirdo

“isn’t it vandalism to hunt a species until it dies out?”
You might want to check the definition of “vandalism” before saying things like that.

no vegetarian

p.s. if it was okay to continue fishing (since “people are paying for it”),
then why would the restaurant itself lie about possible extinction and a cooperation with greenpeace?
no vegetarian

“it’s okay cause we pay for it.”

sure. that’s why the restaurant itself is lying about a possible extinction and a cooperation with greenpeace.

i don’t mind sushi,
but there are enough sorts of fish that you can eat without having to worry about extinction.

oh yeah, right, you don’t worry…
K

how is it vandalism? he didn’t vandalize anything.. a simple sign and a bike lock.. harms nothing but business… he could probably get arrested for something, but not vandalism.
Peter

I hate hippies. If they were smart, they would all band together, make some super international organization, make tons of money, then spend it to better the planet through fish farms or whatever is the flavor of the month for them.

The Overthinker

“If they were smart, they would all band together, make some super international organization, make tons of money”

Greenpeace. Only they stopped at the money part.

samurainbob

Well, maguro could always be substituted by panda or koala. Both of them have made a comeback in recent years. But seriously, I think that maybe soylent green made from hippies could be reformulated to taste like maguro.

Why not do something like protest animal rights in China or dogs being eaten in Korea? Maguro can’t thank you like a pekinese can.
Tuna eater

I hope the activist was sent to jail for a long time.

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