Albacore

[ricklev]

I ordered this from Iherb as I thought it would be better than Thai tuna and more ethical.

Interesting to see that it was packed in Thailand. That tuna may have been caught in the Atlantic, shipped to Thailand for processing , then to America and now back to Thailand!

 

I don't really know. Do they catch Albacore in Thailand? Do they sell it here?

 

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[ricklev]

I guess the Pacific is more likely.

 

[johng]

Caught individually with pole and line...shipped to Thailand,packaged, shipped to America then shipped back to Thailand....must cost a fortune ?

 

Not to mention not very "environmentally friendly" burning all that oil shipping it all over.

[LongTimeLurker]

7 minutes ago, ricklev said:

I guess the Pacific is more likely.

 

Maybe caught in Maldives where pole and line is used for skipjack.

[ricklev]

https://www.vitacost.com/natural-sea-wild-caught-solid-white-albacore-tuna-no-salt-added-3-oz

 

 

[KittenKong]

1 hour ago, ricklev said:

That tuna may have been caught in the Atlantic, shipped to Thailand for processing , then to America and now back to Thailand!

 

I don't really know. Do they catch Albacore in Thailand? Do they sell it here?

Albacore is caught in the Coral Triangle (waters off RP/Indonesia):

 

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/albacore-tuna

 

https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/coral-triangle

 

I doubt that it ever went anywhere near the US.

[ricklev]

2 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

Albacore is caught in the Coral Triangle (waters off RP/Indonesia):

 

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/albacore-tuna

 

https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/coral-triangle

 

I doubt that it ever went anywhere near the US.

Interesting.  Thanks.  This piece of fish then has travelled  from the Coral Triangle to Thailand to the USA then to germany and then back to Thailand! 

 

1. AND

   DELIVERED
2. 8:02AM ICT
    
    

   THAILAND

   ARRIVED AT DELIVERY TERMINAL
3. Nov 23, 2018
4. 2:04PM ICT
    
    

   THAILAND

   DEPARTED FROM LOCAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
5. 1:41PM ICT
    
    

   THAILAND

   DEPARTED FROM LOCAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
6. 10:40AM ICT
    
    

   THAILAND

   ARRIVED AT LOCAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
7. 10:28AM ICT
    
    

   THAILAND

   ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION COUNTRY
8. Nov 5, 2018
9. 8:57AM CET
    
    

   IPZ-Ffm, DE

   PROCESSED AT TRANSIT FACILITY
10. 4:01AM CET
     
     

    Rodgau, DE

    PROCESSED AT TRANSIT FACILITY
11. 3:57AM CET
     
     

    Rodgau, DE

    PROCESSED AT TRANSIT FACILITY
12. 3:37AM CET
     
     

    Rodgau, DE

    PROCESSED AT TRANSIT FACILITY
13. Nov 3, 2018
14. 5:42PM CET
     
     

    Speyer, DE

    PROCESSED AT LOCAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
15. Nov 2, 2018
16. 3:05AM CET
     
     

    IPZ-Ffm, DE

    PROCESSED AT TRANSIT FACILITY
17. Oct 30, 2018
18. 4:59PM PT
     
     

    Compton, CA, US

    PROCESSING COMPLETED AT ORIGIN
19. 9:26AM PT
     
     

    Compton, CA, US

    PROCESSED
20. Oct 27, 2018
21. 10:34AM PT
     
     

    Compton, CA, US

    ARRIVAL AT DHL ECOMMERCE DISTRIBUTION CENTER

[KittenKong]

I came across some tinned tuna in Makro the other day, labelled steaks in olive oil. I was deeply suspicious - especially as the price was under 40B/can - but in fact it tasted good and I could even taste the olive oil (even if it surely wasn't 100%).