I joined a fellow WFN employee for lunch today at a nearby sushi restaurant. Ahi tuna is one of my favorite fish, and I normally wouldn't think twice about ordering a plate full. However, with the recent reports of wide spread mercury and PCB contamination, I found myself thinking twice before ordering. I almost ended up ordering a tempura and california roll platter that hardly had any fish in it! In the end, my stomach won the battle and I order the Tuna Lover's Platter. When it arrived my mind kept flashing back to the list I saw with Ahi Tuna marked as "HIGHEST MERCURY LEVEL - Avoid eating."

Something tasted different with the tuna. It had a slight metallic taste to it. Was it really any different from the tuna I had there a few months ago, or was my mind playing tricks on me? The warnings of high mercury levels, and the perilously low numbers of tuna will almost certainly make me change to salmon next time.

I mainly fish for bass, and therefore don't eat many fish that I catch. If I did, I'm sure that I would be reducing the numbers I kept. How will these warnings affect your eating habits? Are you going to change your species of preference, or will you cut down on your overall intake of fish?