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The Japanese like their tuna perfectly unblemished, he says says NZ longline Skipper Michael ‘Smithy’ Smith —unless there’s a good story behind the damage. Sometimes a mako shark will attack a tuna while it’s on the line, biting the tail off so the fish can’t swim away. “We actually get quite good money for them sometimes, if it’s a bit garked up and it’s died in battle with a shark. It’s got a bit of mana, I suppose.”
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 170 July August 2021.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/billion-dollar-fish/
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The Japanese like their tuna perfectly unblemished, he says says NZ longline Skipper Michael ‘Smithy’ Smith —unless there’s a good story behind the damage. Sometimes a mako shark will attack a tuna while it’s on the line, biting the tail off so the fish can’t swim away. “We actually get quite good money for them sometimes, if it’s a bit garked up and it’s died in battle with a shark. It’s got a bit of mana, I suppose.”<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 170 July August 2021.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/billion-dollar-fish/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2021.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.