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MONTHLY LUNCHEON

November Luncheon Program

 Tuna – An Insider’s View

 
                                Speaker: Alistair Douglas

 

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                                                                  photo credit: Eiichiro Iwasa

So we know you’ve eaten sushi, maybe even purchased a special knife to slice up a little sashimi at home but what do you really know about the fascinating world of Maguro – the ubiquitous tuna of Japan? Our speaker in November is Alistair Douglas, one of three non-Japanese involved in the importation of tuna into Japan to supply Tokyo’s Tsukiji and other fish markets around the country. He'll fill us in on all the details you’ve always wanted to know!

We’ll hear about the biology and physiology of tuna, how it’s caught and sold and how to pick the best maguro for your table as well as the economic and environmental issues arising from the current worldwide demand for this popular delicacy. Considering that a tuna can weigh as much as four and a half sumo wrestlers, can be longer than a 6 tatami mat room and needs to travel at one body length each second just to breath, you can see we’ve got a lot to learn!
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                                                             photo credit: Eiichiro Iwasa

Dr. Douglas holds a BA in Language and a BSc in Marine Biology from James Cook University, and an Honours degree and PhD in Biological Sciences from Flinders University in Australia. After deferring his studies for a year he first came to Japan in 1993 where he worked in a small company near Lake Biwa. Intrigued by Japan he later returned to study at Hokkaido University of Education, and later, at the Tokyo University of Fisheries to do some of his PhD research on tuna at the Tsukiji fish market.
In 2007 he set up Seafood Services Japan which imports fresh, sustainably sourced Minami Maguro (Southern Bluefin Tuna) to sell all around Japan. He also has sold tuna to the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States. Dr. Douglas spends numerous months a year traveling around the world supervising various aspects of his business but luckily for us he will be back in Japan this November. We hope you can join us for this rare look at the world of tuna - from the oceans to your plate!


 

 

     Contact: Deidre Merrell-Ikeda, Misa Yamada 
               Luncheon Program Coordinators      

 

Luncheon  Wednesday, November 18th, 2009


 Social Gathering: 11:30am    Luncheon: 11:50am

at the TAC in Takanawa

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   Reservations must be received no later than 5pm,            Thursday, Nov. 12th

PLEASE USE OUR NEW ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM
http://cwajluncheonres.eventbrite.com/

You will receive a confirmation email
immediately after completion.

For questions and cancellations, please email here or by phone/fax to Luncheon Coordinator
Yasuyo Takamatsu: 03-3239-5603
(between 9am and 6pm).

   Cost: Members 3500 yen
Guests (Max: 2) 4000 yen
payable at the door
   Cancellation Deadline:
  5:00pm Thursday, November 12th
   NOTE: Late cancellations and “no-shows” will be
charged the regular fee
   


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If you are not a CWAJ member but would like to attend a luncheon, learn more about CWAJ, or attend an "Information Meeting", please contact Member Activities at Info@cwaj.org.For information on previous luncheon speakers, please visit our Past Speakers page.