OMA, Japan — Fishermen here call it "black gold," referring to the dark red flesh of the Pacific bluefin tuna that is so prized in this sashimi-loving nation that just one of these sleek fish, which can weigh a half-ton, can earn tens of thousands of dollars.
Mr Miyahara's culinary intervention is a result of continued Japanese concern that too many European suppliers of the huge, sleek fish cannot prove they are following the rules.
The Kentish otters herald a remarkable – if slow – renaissance for the sleek, fish-devouring member of the mustelid family, which declined by 95% of its range in western Europe during the 20th century.
Inside a sparkling clean, hangarlike shed on the waterfront here, where even the keenest nose would have trouble detecting a fishy smell, the sleek, silvery fish are lined up on pallets on the floor, with crushed ice clinging to them.
Mechanical engineers Kamal Youcef-Toumi and Pablo Valdivia Y Alvarado have designed the sleek robotic fish to more easily maneuver into areas where traditional underwater autonomous vehicles can't go.
I like to think how many more people now have the chance of seeing these beautiful, sleek creatures fishing or playing in our rivers.
You're also wondering if your hard work will ever yield a nice vacation home, a sleek new fishing boat or at least enough cash to comfortably cover your kids' college tuition.
Since the early 1980s, the atoll's vast interior lagoon, a mix of sand and coral flats interspersed with deep cuts that usher tidal water to and fro, has been renowned as one of the world's most prolific and reliable sites for the sleek, finicky sport fish.
I could hardly blame them, as I marveled at all the gorgeous women in high heels and short skirts and men with faces that could have been chiseled by Michelangelo weaving past us, through the river of cars along the Tiber, as agile and sleek as the fish that got away.
In the extreme darkness of the deep sea, a small circle of light from Star II illuminated for the first time a dozen or so long-legged, bright-red galatheid crabs swaying on the branches of a pink sea fan; a small, sleek, dark brown lantern fish darting by with lights glistening along its sides; an orange fish and several plumelike sea pens clinging to the rocky bottom near the edge of visibility.
A short walk from Rocksalt, the sleek timber and glass fish restaurant opened by former Claridge's head chef Mark Sargeant in 2011, the long-desolate concrete strip is now proving an added draw for the affluent Londoners whom the Kent port is eager to attract.
