monster bluefin tuna could be radioactive (pic at link)

It took a two-hour battle using 58kg of tackle to land the 2.7m beast, estimated to weigh more than 275kg.

Worsteling, a host of Channel 10's IFishTV, invited scientists from New Zealand Fisheries on a chartered vessel to explore this pocket of ocean, which yields 170,000 tonnes of blue grenadier each year.

The freakish fish will be tested for radiation to help determine if fish schools affected by the Fukushima reactor meltdown in Japan have migrated around the world.

The crew reportedly enjoyed a few slices of sashimi and anything the scientists didn't use for research was delivered to a smoke house.
It's believed the fish would be worth as much as $713,000 in Japan.

It really was "that big"

Holy cow that's a big fish!!

Maybe there's more to the ol' godzilla story...

On a serious note though, if these big guys, at the top of their food chain are radioactive, then pretty much anything they have come in contact with would have been radio active too, yeah?

I dont know how many canneries have geiger counters...

The crew reportedly enjoyed a few slices of sashimi and anything the scientists didn't use for research was delivered to a smoke house.


Hmm.. dont know how keen I would be to chow down on research leftovers

good the bible says its a sin to eat them anyways

They used it for research and gave away the leftovers?

"It's believed the fish would be worth as much as $713,000 in Japan.
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Fools!

fish wouldve been worth almost a million?... good god.. lol what

Thankyou AC, im just watching the end of ifish now.. (had to tape it coz footy was on.. go swans).. anyways...how epic!!... The fish and the footy..