While it makes for a dramatic sound bite, Sharpless' scare tactics are completely hollow and putting at risk the public health his organizationalleges to want to protect Tuna are deep ocean fish hundreds of miles out at sea, totally remote from the local power plants Oceana says it wants shut down. What's more, the mercury found in ocean fish like tuna is largely naturally occurring in trace amounts not associated with harm -- and has always been a part of the marine environment an inconvenient truth that Oceana's scare campaigns never admit. While it's understandable that eco-activists would fight against power plants, Oceana is trying to hijack a healthy and popular seafood like tuna in order to advance an ulterior agenda.