One fish, two fish, green fish, threw fish
Published December 14, 2007 by CSBJ Staff
The Australian Tunarama competition to see who can throw a frozen tuna the farthest will be missing something next year — the fish.
In an effort to further the country’s “green” environmental policies, Tunarama officials said they have stopped using real fish, because for one, it was a waste of perfectly good fish, and a fair amount fuel and carbon emissions are created by the fishing industry.
The real fish will this year be replaced with a 10 kilogram polyurethane look–alike.
Contest officials also cited another benefit of the faux fish — the tails and fins don’t break apart upon impact with the ground.
Filed under CSBJ Daily, Ecology