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November 9, 2009 - At 330 feet long with 180 pounds of fish, 200 pounds of rice (dry weight), 80 pounds each of avocado and cucumber, the California roll created by students at UC California Berkeley is the longest piece of sushi the world has ever seen. Berkeley being Berkeley, the last 15 feet of the roll used tofu rather than fish to satisfy the needs of vegetarians. The record-setting roll was created to honor the 50th anniversary.of the university's Center for Japanese Studies. The effort was sponsored by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute as part of their plan to raise awareness of the Alaskan sustainable salmon fishing industry. Here's more from Ron Hogan at PopFi.com.