In article >, "Jean B." > wrote:
>TammyM wrote:
>> KayH gave me a can of Ortiz tuna some time back, and for salade
>> Nicoise or a nice pasta dish, there is no other tuna for me,
>> pocketbook allowing. As DM said, though, for tuna sandwiches, any old
>> solid white albacore will do just fine.
>
>Oh good. Someone else has discovered this! I have been
>raving about it for two or so years now.

I was intrigued by this thread as I can't say I've noticed Ortiz brand
tuna available here in Oz -- at least not here in the deep north of
the deep south.

So I googled "Ortiz tuna site:.au" and got a bunch of hits. Three of
the first five were research papers on the East Coast (Oz) tuna
fishery by one "E. Ortiz" as senior author. Another case of nominative
determinism; or does "E. Ortiz" also own a fish factory? :-)

Here's a sample titled "Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Five Year
Research Plan 2003-2008". But note that it's a link to a PDF file:
<http://tinyurl.com/yoxq5s>
or, if you prefer the full URL:
<https://www.afma.gov.
au/fisheries/tuna/etbf/publications/pdf/research03_08.pdf>

However, Ortiz tuna does figure as a preferred item in the 2nd hit:
"Maggie Beer - A Barossa Food Tradition - My favourites"
<http://tinyurl.com/22ctep> or, in full:
<http://www.maggiebeer.com.
au/maggiewrites/favourites/?Item=ArtclsThePerfe>

which is a somewhat self-serving list of "The Perfect Pantry" items.

Cheers, Phred.

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LID