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Tuna wars, powers around the fish we love to conserve, Steven Adolf ; translated by Anna Asbury and Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-389) and index

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Tuna wars

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Steven Adolf ; translated by Anna Asbury and Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen

powers around the fish we love to conserve

Historically, whenever tuna was hauled ashore, the sounds of battle were never far away. 'Tuna Wars' tells the untold story of the power struggles emerging around tuna, from the distant past to your present-day dinner table. In the ancient past, the giant tuna was the first fish to become the basis of a large-scale industry and a 'global' trade that created fortunes: Hannibal was able to finance his elephant campaign on Rome thanks to tuna. From the Middle Ages on, a tuna fishing monopoly on Spain's southern coast allowed the nobility to completely dominate the area and even lead the 'invincible' Armada. When the markets for tuna increased exponentially thanks to technical advances, tuna eventually became a billion-dollar business and one of the most-consumed fish species worldwide. But this massive expansion came at a price. An 18th century monk in Madrid was the first to warn that tuna fisheries needed to be run sustainably for the sake of future generations. And the issue of sustainability would go on to become a game-changer in the modern tuna wars, characterized by new alliances and partnerships, hybrid warfare and commercial power struggles. In addition to accompanying you through the history of tuna and sharing insights into fisheries science and approaches to sustainably managing fisheries, Tuna Wars offers practical guidance on choosing sustainably fished tuna. In short, it will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about tuna, but were afraid to ask.

1. Introduction: The tuna trail -- Part I. The dawn of giant tuna. 2. The cave ; 3. The purple folk's tuna ; 4. Three classic tuna wars ; 5. Thunnus nostrum ; 6. Tuna renaissance ; 7. The great tuna conqueror ; 8. The tuna dukes -- Part II. The modern tuna era. 9. The tuna saint of sustainability ; 10. The rise of the can ; 11. The tuna machine ; 12. Tuna mapping ; 13. The mystery of the North Sea bluefin tuna ; 14. The almadraba revisted ; 15. Tokyo's pantry. The tuna shop ; 16. Gurumu bumu -- Part III. The final tuna trap. 17. The fall ; 18. Tuna requiem ; 19. The battle of science ; 20. Tuna wild west ; 21. Tokyo's tuna fort ; 22. The tuna police ; 23. Caged tuna ; 24. Tuna welfare ; 25. Tiger of the sea -- Part IV. The tuna challenge. 26. Tuna deus ex machina ; 27. Twenty-first century tuna wars ; 28. Wicked tuna problems ; 29. The tuna family ; 30. Fishing gears. Monster boats ; 31. The state of sustainable tuna ; 32. Making invisible tuna visible ; 33. Eco-claims for sustainable tuna ; 34. Tuna poachers' wars ; 36. The Pacific tuna war ; 36. The tuna production cartel ; 37. Three Flipper wars. The conquest of the Pacific. The battle for Pacifical. The battle of Mexico ; 38. Tuna conspiracies ; 39. Pirate wars ; 40. The end of the trail, the beginning of a new tuna era