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Yellowfin tuna
Yellowfin tuna

Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tunas are fast swimmers—they have been clocked at 70 km/h (43 mph)—and include several species that are warm-blooded. Unlike most fish species, which have white flesh, tuna have flesh that is pink to dark red. The red coloring comes from tuna muscle tissue's greater quantities of myoglobin, an oxygen-binding molecule. Some of the larger tuna species, such as the bluefin tuna, can raise their blood temperature above that of the water through muscular activity. This ability enables them to live in cooler waters and to survive in a wider range of circumstances. Some tuna species and fisheries have been overfished and some tuna fisheries are at risk of collapse.[1] Tuna may refer to: Tuna, a common name for several species of fish Hot Tuna, an american rock band. ... Image File history File links Tuna. ... Image File history File links Tuna. ... Binomial name Bonnaterre, 1788 The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), is a type of tuna eaten by humans as food. ... For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ... Genera Acanthocybium Allothunnus Auxus Cybiosarda Euthynnus Gasterochisma Grammatorcynus Gymnosarda Katsuwonus Orcynopsis Rastrelliger Sarda Scomber Scomberomorus Thunnus Scombridae is the family of the mackerels, tunas, and bonitos, and thus includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. ... Species Thunnus alalunga Thunnus albacares Thunnus atlanticus Thunnus maccoyii Thunnus obesus Thunnus orientalis Thunnus thynnus Thunnus tonggol Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. ... A warm-blooded (homeothermic) animal is one that can keep its core body temperature at a nearly constant level regardless of the temperature of the surrounding environment (that is, to maintain thermal homeostasis) . This can involve not only the ability to generate heat, but also the ability to cool down... An X-ray diffraction image for the protein myoglobin. ... This article is about the chemical element and its most stable form, or dioxygen. ... Bluefin tuna may mean any of several species of tuna: Northern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus Southern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus maccoyii Pacific Bluefin Tuna Thunnus orientalis This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Traffic Light colour convention, showing the concept of Harvest Control Rule (HCR), specifying when a rebuilding plan is mandatory in terms of precautionary and limit reference points for spawning biomass and fishing mortality rate. ...

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Commercial importance

Tuna fishing in Hokkaidō, Japan
Tuna fishing in Hokkaidō, Japan
Tuna at a fish market
Tuna at a fish market
Tuna cut in half for processing at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.
Tuna cut in half for processing at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.
Tuna steak served in a French bistro
Tuna steak served in a French bistro

Tuna is an important commercial fish. Some varieties of tuna, such as the bluefin and bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, are threatened by overfishing, which dramatically affects tuna populations in the Atlantic and northwestern Pacific Oceans. Other areas seem to support fairly healthy populations of some of the over 48 different species of tuna —for example, the central and western Pacific skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis—but there is mounting evidence that overexploitation threatens tuna populations worldwide. The Australian government alleged in 2006 that Japan had illegally overfished southern bluefin by taking 12,000 to 20,000 tonnes per year instead of the their agreed 6,000 tonnes; the value of such overfishing would be as much as USD $2 billion. Such overfishing has resulted in severe damage to stocks. "Japan's huge appetite for tuna will take the most sought-after stocks to the brink of commercial extinction unless fisheries agree on more rigid quotas, wildlife campaigners warned today" stated by the WWF.[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...   literally North Sea Circuit, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japans second largest island and the largest of its 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 597 pixel Image in higher resolution (1027 × 767 pixel, file size: 176 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Tuna cut in half at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 597 pixel Image in higher resolution (1027 × 767 pixel, file size: 176 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Tuna cut in half at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan. ... Tsukiji as seen from Shiodome End of the fresh tuna auction at Tsukiji. ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 960 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tuna User:Chensiyuan... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 960 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tuna User:Chensiyuan... Binomial name Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) The Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) is an important food fish, a type of tuna of the family Scombridae. ... The Traffic Light colour convention, showing the concept of Harvest Control Rule (HCR), specifying when a rebuilding plan is mandatory in terms of precautionary and limit reference points for spawning biomass and fishing mortality rate. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. ... The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization for the conservation, research and restoration of the natural environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada. ...


Increasing quantities of high-grade tuna are entering the market from operations that rear tuna in net pens and feed them a variety of bait fish. In Australia the southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii, is one of two species of bluefin tunas that are kept in tuna farms by former fishermen. Its close relative, the northern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, is being used to develop tuna farming industries in the Mediterranean, North America and Japan. --203. ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Japan The northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna fish, living in both the Western and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and extending into the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... North American redirects here. ...


Due to their high position in the food chain and the subsequent accumulation of heavy metals from their diet, mercury levels can be high in larger species such as bluefin and albacore. As a result, in March 2004 the United States FDA issued guidelines recommending that pregnant women, nursing mothers and children limit their intake of tuna and other types of predatory fish.[3] However, most canned light tuna is skipjack tuna, which is lower in mercury. The Chicago Tribune reported that some canned light tuna such as yellowfin tuna[4] is significantly higher in mercury than skipjack tuna, and caused Consumers Union and other health groups to advise pregnant women to refrain from consuming canned tuna.[5] The Eastern little tuna (Euthynnus affinis) has been available for decades as a low-mercury, less expensive canned tuna. However, of the five major species of canned tuna imported by the United States it is the least commercially attractive, primarily due to its dark color and more pronounced 'fishy' flavor. Its use has traditionally been restricted exclusively to institutional (non-retail) commerce. Food chains, food webs and/or food networks describe the feeding relationships between species to another within an ecosystem. ... If the input of a toxic substance to an organism is greater than the rate at which the substance is lost, the organism is said to be bioaccumulating that substance. ... For other uses, see Heavy metal (disambiguation). ... This article is about the element. ... For other uses, see Albacore (disambiguation). ... “FDA” redirects here. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. ... // The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by the Tribune Company. ... Binomial name Bonnaterre, 1788 The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), is a type of tuna eaten by humans as food. ... Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, is an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization serving only consumers. ...


Recreational importance

In the 1930s and the 1940s, bluefin tuna were abundant in the waters of Cuba, Bimini and Cat Cay just a few miles off the Florida coast, and were targeted by such fishermen as Ernest Hemingway and Habana Joe aboard his 1938 40-foot Wheeler named Pilar. Word spread quickly among fishermen around the world about the exciting new sport of big-game fishing. Despite the growing popularity of the sport, however, the boats of the day were hardly ideal for the challenges of fighting the prized fish. Most boats used at the time were converted cabin cruisers, which were relatively slow and hard to manoeuvre. Bimini Island from space, June 1998 Map of the Bahamas with the Biminis positioned center left (click to enlarge). ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 — July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... Big-game fishing, sometimes called offshore sport fishing or offshore game fishing, is a form of recreational fishing, targeting large bony fish such as tuna and marlin in the open sea, often some distance from land and, in some fishing grounds, out of sight of land. ...


The Rybovich family of South Florida eventually constructed a boat in 1946 that catapulted the sport and gave birth to a new industry. This boat, the Miss Chevy II, was the first sportfishing boat the world had ever seen.[6]


Merritt gained particular notoriety during the 1950s through the 1970s with its 37- and 43-foot custom sport fishing boats, which together with boats like those being built by Rybovich gave birth to a new category of fishing yachts and helped fuel the growth of big game tuna fishing in the United States and around the world.


Canned tuna

Canned tuna was first produced in 1903, and quickly became popular.[7] In the United States, only Albacore can legally be sold in canned form as "white meat tuna"; in other countries, Yellowfin is also acceptable as "white meat tuna."[citation needed] For other uses, see Canning (disambiguation). ...


While in the early 1980s canned tuna in Australia was most likely to be Southern bluefin, as of 2003 it is usually yellowfin, skipjack, or tongol (labelled "northern bluefin").[7] --203. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...


As tuna are often caught great distances from where they are processed, poor quality control may lead to spoilage. Tuna are typically eviscerated by hand, then pre-cooked for 45 minutes to three hours. The fish are then cleaned and filleted, packaged into cans, and sealed. The second cooking of the tuna meat (called retort cooking) is carried out in the cans, this time for 2 to 4 hours.[8] This process kills any bacteria, but retains the histamine that can produce rancid flavors. The international standard sets the maximum histamine level at 200 milligrams per kilogram. An Australian study of 53 varieties of unflavored canned tuna found none to exceed the maximum histamine level, although some had "off" flavors.[7] A fillet, also filet (pronounced or ), is a boneless cut of meat or fish. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


Australia standards once required cans of tuna to contain at least 51% tuna, but these regulations were dropped in 2003. [9] The remaining weight is usually oil or water. In the US, the FDA has regulations on canned tuna [3] (see part c). For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... “FDA” redirects here. ...


Major tuna fleets

According to Foodmarket total tuna catching was 3,605,000 tons in 2000, down about 5.7 percent from 3,823,000 tons in 1999. The main tuna catching nations are concentrated in Asia, with Japan and Taiwan floating the main fleets. Other important tuna catching nations in Asia are Indonesia and South Korea. The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...


Spain and France are also important tuna fishing countries, with their ships fishing primarily in the Indian Ocean.


Japan remains the main tuna fishing nation fishing in the Pacific. In 2000, total tuna caught by Japanese vessels was 633,000 tons, about 17 percent of the world tuna catch. Taiwan was the second biggest tuna producer at 435,000 tons, or about 12 percent of the world's total catch. Spain supplies most of the yellowfin to European canneries, accounting for 5.9 percent of the total tuna catch, while Ecuador and Mexico dominate the Eastern Pacific Ocean. For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... The designation East Pacific refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean nearest to the Americas. ...


Tuna fishing and commercial whaling

Some maritime countries such as Nauru have argued that commercial whaling is a necessity for preserving stocks of tuna and the sustainability of that country's fishing fleet.[citation needed] The Earth Day flag includes a NASA photo. ...


Management and conservation

There are five main tuna fishery management bodies: the Western Central Pacific Ocean Fisheries Commission, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna.[10] The five met together for the first time in Kobe, Japan in January 2007. Environmental organisations made submissions[11] on risks to fisheries and species. The meeting concluded with an action plan drafted by some 60 countries or areas. Concrete steps include issuing certificates of origin to prevent illegal fishing and greater transparency in the setting of regional fishing quotas. The delegates are scheduled to meet at another joint meeting in January or February 2009 in Europe.[12] The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for the management and conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas. ... This article is about the Japanese city. ... January 2007 is the first month of that year. ...


Association with dolphins

Many tuna species associate with dolphins, swimming alongside them. These include yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean, but not albacore or skipjack. The reason for the association is believed to be the avoidance of dolphins by sharks, which are predators of tuna. Swimming near dolphins reduces the likelihood of the tuna being attacked by a shark.[13] For other uses, see Dolphin (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Bonnaterre, 1788 The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), is a type of tuna eaten by humans as food. ... For other uses, see Albacore (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. ... This snapping turtle is trying to make a meal of a Canada goose, but the goose is too wary. ...


Fishing vessels can exploit this association by searching for pods of dolphins. They encircle the pod with nets to catch the tuna beneath.[14] The nets are prone to entangling dolphins, thus injuring or killing them. As a result of public outcry, methods have been made more "dolphin friendly", now generally involving lines rather than nets. However, there are neither universal independent inspection programs nor verification of "dolphin safeness" to show that dolphins are not harmed during tuna fishing. According to Consumers Union, the resulting lack of accountability means claims that tuna is "Dolphin safe" should be given little credence.


Methods of capture

  • Andalusian method of Almadraba, in which nets are used, creating a maze in which the tuna are secured.
  • big-game fishing
  • longline fishing
  • purse seines - the major threat to dolphins
  • pole and line

Almadraba tuna -- tuna caught by an elaborate and age-old Arabic technique of setting nets in a maze that leads from deep waters to progressively smaller offshore pools. ... Big-game fishing, sometimes called offshore sport fishing or offshore game fishing, is a form of recreational fishing, targeting large bony fish such as tuna and marlin in the open sea, often some distance from land and, in some fishing grounds, out of sight of land. ... For other meanings of longline, see longline. ... A seine is a large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water by attaching weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top. ...

Species

Maximum reported sizes of tuna species
Maximum reported sizes of tuna species

There are eight tuna species in the Thunnus genus: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Species Thunnus alalunga Thunnus albacares Thunnus atlanticus Thunnus maccoyii Thunnus obesus Thunnus orientalis Thunnus thynnus Thunnus tonggol Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. ...

Species of several other genera (all in the family Scombridae) have common names containing "tuna": For other uses, see Albacore (disambiguation). ... Abbé Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747 - September 20, 1804) was a French naturalist who contributed sections on birds and fish to the Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique. ... Binomial name Bonnaterre, 1788 The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), is a type of tuna eaten by humans as food. ... Abbé Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747 - September 20, 1804) was a French naturalist who contributed sections on birds and fish to the Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique. ... Binomial name Thunnus atlanticus Lesson, 1831 Blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) is the smallest tuna species. ... René Lesson. ... --203. ... François Louis Nompar de Caumount de la Porte, comte de Castelnau (25 December 1810 – 4 February 1880) was a French naturalist. ... Binomial name Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) The Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) is an important food fish, a type of tuna of the family Scombridae. ... Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis Pacific bluefin tuna are some of the biggest and fastest fish in the Pacific. ... Coenraad Jacob Temminck (March 31, 1778 - January 30, 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist. ... Hermann Schlegel. ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Japan The northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna fish, living in both the Western and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and extending into the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. ... Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 13, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Pieter Bleeker (1819 - 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia. ... Genera Acanthocybium Allothunnus Auxus Cybiosarda Euthynnus Gasterochisma Grammatorcynus Gymnosarda Katsuwonus Orcynopsis Rastrelliger Sarda Scomber Scomberomorus Thunnus Scombridae is the family of the mackerels, tunas, and bonitos, and thus includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. ...

  • Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Slender tuna Allothunnus fallai (Serventy, 1948)
  • Bullet tuna Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810)
  • Frigate tuna Auxis thazard (Lacepede, 1800)
  • Kawakawa (little tuna or mackerel tuna) Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)
  • Little tunny (little tuna) Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836)
  • Black skipjack tuna Euthynnus lineatus (Kishinouye, 1920)

Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. ... Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 13, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Binomial name Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948 The slender tuna (Allothunnus fallai) is a species of tuna, the only species in the genus Allothunnus, found circumglobally in the southern oceans between latitudes 20° and 50° south. ... Trinomial name Auxis thazard thazard (Lacepède, 1800) The frigate tuna or frigate mackerel (Auxis thazard thazard) is a species of tuna, in the genus Auxis, found circumglobally in tropical oceans in open surface waters to depths of 50 metres. ... Little Tunny-Tuna is a small tuna fish found in the tropic and sub-tropic regions of the world. ... Binomial name (Rüppell, 1836) The dogtooth tuna is a large fast-swimming fish in the family Scombridae. ...

Nutrition and health

Canned tuna is a prominent component in many weight trainers' diets, as it is very high in protein and is easily prepared. This article is about strength training using weight (gravity) to generate resistance to contraction. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin showing coloured alpha helices. ...


A can of tuna in oil contains about the Adequate Intake (AI) of the US Dietary Reference Intake of vitamin D for infants, children, men, and women aged 19–50 - 200 UI. The Dietary Reference Intake is a system of nutrition recommendations from the Institute of Medicine of the USA National Academy (IOM). ... Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that contributes to the maintenance of normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the bloodstream. ... In pharmacology, the International unit (IU, alternatively abbreviated UI, from French unité internationale) is a unit of measurement for the amount of a substance, based on measured biological activity (or effect). ...


Canned tuna can also be a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, of which it sometimes contains over 300 mg per serving. Omega-3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fatty acids found in certain fish tissues, and in vegetable sources such as flax seeds, walnuts, and canola oil. ...


A January 2008 report conducted by the New York Times has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury in certain varieties of Tuna, reporting levels "so high that the Food and Drug Administration could take legal action to remove the fish from the market."[15] Several commentators have criticized this report, including a Harvard medical professor who says that the benefits of consuming fish outweigh the risks associated with mercury. [16] This article is about the element. ...


See also

The Earth Island Institute was founded in 1982 by environmentalist David Brower. ...

References

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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008)
  1. ^ Last rites for a marine marvel? Richard Black, BBC News Online, 17 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  2. ^ Japan warned tuna stocks face extinction Justin McCurry, guardian.co.uk, Monday January 22 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  3. ^ What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (2004-03). Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
  4. ^ FDA to check tuna. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  5. ^ Mercury in tuna (2006-06). Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ a b c Choice: Jan/Feb 2004.
  8. ^ The tuna processing industry, US Dept. of Labor, Retrieved 15 October, 2007
  9. ^ Choice, August 2003.
  10. ^ WWF demands tuna monitoring system (2007-01-19). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
  11. ^ Briefing: Joint Tuna RFMO Meeting, Kobe 2007 (2007-01-23). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
  12. ^ Conference approves global plan to save tuna stocks (2007-01-26). Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  13. ^ ENSENADA: El Puerto del Atun
  14. ^ [2]
  15. ^ High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi - New York Times
  16. ^ Times Sushi Story Smells Fishy to Some / findingDulcinea
  • Clover, Charles. 2004. The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat. Ebury Press, London. ISBN 0-09-189780-7
  • FAO Species Catalog Vol. 2 Scombrids of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Volume 2. FIR/S125 Vol. 2.ISBN 92-5-101381-0

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External links

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  • Nutritional benefits of tuna
  • The slide show - How to cut Maguro (tuna)
  • U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 21CFR161 Fish and Shellfish
  • Nauru and sustainable tuna fishing:[4]
  • nytimes.com, Tuna Fish Stories: The Candidates Spin the Sushi
  • ap.google.com, Japanese Sushi Lovers Shrug at Mercury
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Tuna, sometimes called tunafish, are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus.
In Australia the Southern Bluefin tuna is one of two species of bluefin tunas that is kept in tuna farms by former fishermen.
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Tuna are glistening blue above, gray spotted with silver below, and resemble the mackerel in general structure; certain species are called horse mackerel.
The yellowfin tuna occurs in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; it is caught in large numbers near Florida and Rhode Island.
The bluefin tuna is classified as Thunnus thynnus, the yellowfin tuna as Thunnus albacares, the Atlantic bonito as Sarda sarda, the striped tuna as Euthynnus pelamis, and the albacore as Thunnus alalunga.
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