ASTORIA, Ore. — One of Oregon’s most valuable seafoods is more popular than ever, but its nickname may fool you: chicken of the aea. It’s albacore tuna, and it is a fish that is grounded in ...

Fishwife Albacore Tuna In Olive Oil: Although I had a slight ... “When I open the can, I want to be able to see basically a whole loin, stuffed into a can,” says Shelsky.

but only humans and quadrupeds actually have loins.) Since the local pole-and-line-caught albacore are small, they have less mercury than the big tuna that end up in cans, and the Monterey ...

the best place to buy albacore is at the coast, where you can get tuna directly from the folks catching them. Once you have your hands on fresh tuna loins, you can always smoke or pressure-can ...

Then they’re cleaned by hand and the loins are separated from ... such as skipjack (often labeled “light” tuna) contain less mercury than large albacore (labeled “white” tuna).

Those three include skipjack and yellowfin, often canned together and sold as chunk light tuna, and the separate "white" albacore tuna, which is considered the most desirable. However, yellowfin ...

But should you be paying closer attention to these cans? When it comes to tuna, the words albacore and chunk light indicate various things, including differences in taste, texture, appearance ...

We found a wide range in mercury levels between types of tuna as well as among different brands. Light and skipjack varieties, for instance, contain much less mercury on average than albacore tuna.

Every June, fisherman Scott Hawkins and his small crew set sail from a marina in San Diego and travel hundreds of miles, scouring the water for a good catch of albacore tuna. It can take hours or ...