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  • Sashimi
    Japanese term for sliced fish (especially tuna) and shellfish (scallop, abalone, lobster, squid, octopus) served raw as a delicacy.
  • Selenium
    Selenium is incorporated into proteins to make selenoproteins, which are important antioxidant enzymes. The antioxidant properties of selenoproteins help prevent cellular damage from free radicals. Free radicals are natural by-products of oxygen metabolism that may contribute to the development of chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Other selenoproteins help regulate thyroid function and play a role in the immune system.
  • Skipjack Tuna
    Similar in flesh to the yellowfin, skipjack can weigh up to 40 pounds but typically range from 6 to 8 pounds. The fish get their name because of their lively movement in the water, where they seem to skip along the surface. Also known as arctic bonito, oceanic bonito, watermelon and, in Hawaii, aku, Skipjack is the most commonly canned fish on the market today.
  • Solid Tuna
    Also called fancy, solid tuna is a solid portion of a loin, cut to fit the can, and packed in one layer.
  • Sustainability
    1. Ability to persist in the long-term. Often used as "short hand" for sustainable development; 2. Characteristic of resources that are managed so that the natural capital stock is non-declining through time, while production opportunities are maintained for the future.
  • Sustainable Fishing
    Fishing activities that do not cause or lead to undesirable changes in the biological and economic productivity, biological diversity, or ecosystem structure and functioning from one human generation to the next. Fishing is sustainable when it can be conducted over the long-term at an acceptable level of biological and economic productivity without leading to ecological changes that foreclose options for future generations.
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