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Species - Bluefin Tuna
Scientific Name - (Thunnus thynnus)
Physical Description - The best identifier is huge size, since small Bluefins have always been almost non-existent in Florida and the tropics. The massive body is dark blue above, shading to silvery on the lower sides. All fins and finlets are steely blue. In the past, runs in the Bahamas (and, unpredictably, in Florida waters) consisted of fish weighing from about 200 to 600 pounds. Presently, most run over 500 pounds and many push 900. The increase in average size is indicative of the declining stock. Giant Bluefins are in trouble worldwide. World record 1,496 pounds.
Range - Historically, both sides of the Bahamas, plus Gulf of Mexico and, sporadically, the Caribbean. Occasional wayward schools would sweep past Southeast Florida in past years. Now scarce everywhere, a sport-fishery still exists in the Bahamas, primarily around Cat Cay and Bimini, but it is paltry compared to the years before commercial fishing ruined the stocks.
Habitat - The deep sea.
Spawning Habits - N/A
Food Usage/Selection - Too good for its own good. The Giant Bluefin is one of the most desired species in Japan, and in sushi bars worldwide. Also excellent when cut into steaks and broiled.
Sporting Qualities - A spirited fighter on light tackle. Makes faster runs than other Jacks, and sometimes jumps, too. This is the toughest of all big-game fish to fight and land; has size, speed and stamina in boundless quantity. In classic Tuna fishing, the searching, chasing and baiting of the Tuna schools was as exciting as the fight, if not as punishing.
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Behind the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Trade | Pew
Mind the Gap, an analysis of worldwide trade in Mediterranean bluefin tuna, shows a significant gap in the trade of bluefin tuna, compared to what can be caught legally every year. In 2008, the gap between the trade and quota was 31 percent. By 2010, that gap grew to 141 percent. But solutions exist...
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Duration: 3.38 min.
Views: 20,430
Rating: 4.866667
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700 lb. Bluefin Tuna
Truitte Jackson, winner of the 2008 Mobile Big Game fishing Tournament aboard the charter boat Annie Girl, with Capt. Mike Rowell ( www.anniegirlcharters.com ), out of Zeke's Landing Marina in Orange Beach, Alabama. Posted by www.algulfcoastvideo.com
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Duration: 6.50 min.
Views: 933,129
Rating: 4.355799
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SUPERFISH BLUEFIN TUNA
SUPERFISH BLUEFIN TUNA will broadcast on the National Geographic Channel on April 12th, 2012 at 9 pm. Think of it as the ultimate marine animal - one of the fastest, largest, and most powerful fish in the sea. But it's also the most highly prized. Worth more than twice the price of silver, its being...
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Duration: 1.15 min.
Views: 7,301
Rating: 5.0
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