Sushi is almost as common a choice as any for family dinners, first dates, or even the solo diner. The industry now boasts thousands of restaurants and generates billions in revenue, but our taste for Japan’s hand-rolled sea fare poses a threat you won’t read about on a restaurant menu.

Bluefin tuna are being severely depleted in the Gulf of Mexico due to weak government regulations

Overfishing and poor oceans management are leading bluefin tuna to the brink of extinction

June 2005 petition to the Secretary of Commerce calling for better protections of spawning areas in the Gulf of Mexico for bluefin tuna

Lawsuit challenging National Marine Fisheries Service decision to continue allowing longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico that is destroying bluefin tuna populations

Activists file suit against NMFS to enforce prohibitions against illegal longline fishing

Bluefin tuna are a unique and massive species. They can grow to more than ten feet in length and weigh more than 1,500 pounds. Their feats are similarly epic. A bluefin can cross the Atlantic Ocean in just over a month, dive up to 3,000 feet in a matter of minutes, and swim at speeds…