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English:
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northern bluefin (North-west
Pacific + North- East Atlantic + Mediterranean) |
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| Latin: |
Thunnus thynnus |
| Size +
Weight: |
today's av. catch abt 7 kgs |
| Biggest
Angled Fish: |
677 kgs Canada, 1979 Ken Fraser |
| Catching
Areas: |
40% North-West Pacific
19% North-East Atlantic
6% North-West Atlantic
35% Mediterranean |
| Catching
methods: |
Pole and Line, surface trolling
and long-line fishing |
| Share
of all tuna caught: |
abt 1,25 % or 40.000 m/t |
| Main
Production Areas: |
Japan |
| Life
cycle: |
10 to max. 25 years |
| Major
markets: |
Japan |
| Popular
Product Forms: |
Canned (White Tuna)
Fresh |
| Northern Bluefin
tuna makes extensive migrations. It is the slowest growing tuna species, which can reach
an age of 20 years or more, which explains her size. Bluefin is extremely popular in Japan
for sashimi, due to its large size, color, texture and high fat content of the meat. It's
quality in combination with its rarity make it the most expensive tuna species. |
| Future Supply :
The Northern Bluefin is certainly a tuna species under threat. Its slow growing, in
combination with the over-exploitation of the stocks has caused authorities to implement
catching quota in the Eastern Atlantic.
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