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It's disappointing that you know well enough to mention the endangered bluefin tuna population yet you eat it anyway. Same with ankimo, as the bottom trawls used to catch monkfish often tear up the ocean floor and are known to snare sea turtles and marine mammals as well. Eating even a little bit of bluefin requires the butchering of a whole fish, which creates the demand that fuels the market and pushes the species closer to the brink. This is the situation humans find ourselves in, wanting to put stuff in our mouths so badly that we ignore the consequences. We don't even know what it takes to bring us most of the things we consume, and in the odd circumstance when we have that knowledge we don't feel compelled to act. The question I think we all need to ask ourselves is whether the desire to eat certain foods justifies things like environmental damage and the extinction of species when there's an enormous variety of wonderful, ethically acceptable alternatives. I think if you are a conscious and considerate human, your answer will be no. All that's left is to behave accordingly. Please visit http://seafoodwatch.org for more info.— March 31, 2010 10:39 a.m.