Originally Posted by Musashi

We've had plenty of duscussions about White Tuna (aka
Super White Tuna, Escolar,Oilfish) in the past. But I thought I'd mention
that on this mornings Japanese TV news (Fuji TV) they ran a little story
about about
the popularity of so-called" Shiro-Maguro" (White Tuna)
in South Korea where it is called Kilmuchi in Korean.
As expected they showed how the taste was fatty and similar to the Toro
portions of Tuna, had a fish expert explaining how the use of the name
"tuna" was misleading since the fish has no relation to the tuna family,
but they pointed out that under Japanese law it serving it is prohibited for
the digestion problems that we have all heard of. In Japan the fish is
called Haremutsu (also aburabouzu) and they interviewed a Japanese fisherman
who showed an example of the fish who stated that they throw back whatever
they catch because they have no market value.

I was rather surprised that this topic wasn't covered by news earlier since
I think "White Tuna" has been around in the US for at least 5 years? 10? It
also amazes me that
here is a fish that even Japan prohibits from consumption
and yet in the US it is not.

M