The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the largest and fastest fish in the world. Atlantic tuna are built for speed; they can reach speeds up to 50 mph. Atlantic tuna have very large appetite‚ the average size of an Atlantic tuna is 6.5 feet and they usually weigh around 550 pounds. The largest Atlantic bluefin tuna ever caught was caught in Nova Scotia and weighed 1‚496 pounds. Atlantic tuna are a gray and silver colour on their underside and then a dark blueish colour on the topside‚ this helps them
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Overfishing of the Southern Bluefin Tuna The Problem Figure 1 : An adult Southern Bluefin Tuna fish. (Thunnus-maccoyii) Figure 1 : An adult Southern Bluefin Tuna fish. (Thunnus-maccoyii) Conservationists are working hard across the world to protect endangered species. One problem that biologists are facing is the declining wild population of the southern Bluefin tuna and the main reason for this problem is the rapid overfishing of the fish. The Bluefin tuna (Thunnus-maccoyii)( figure 1)
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna The sushi one of the most popular dishes in the world made with a variety of ingredients‚ but fish been the main character in many of them. Now how would you feel if one day there were no longer be one specific fish to make sushi with‚ ¿would you even realize it?‚ how would affect the economy if this fish become extinct. I’m referring to the Atlantic Bluefin tuna‚ chosen by the WWF (formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund) as the sixth most threatened species in the world
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Sushi eat Tuna Introduction (let’s meet the fish) The overfishing is a common problem with some species across the sea world. The Bluefin Tuna is one of the hardest hit victim of this fishery. This specie of Tuna is located in the entire North Atlantic ocean but also in seas closed to it such as the Mediterranean sea‚ but also a strip from the equator until Norway‚ and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Black sea. The Bluefin Tuna is one of the most affected stock by overfishing in the sea
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus Thynnus Order Perciformes means perch-like. It is the largest order of fish that are vertebrates. Most members of this order have spines on the anterior (front) of the dorsal and anal fins and a pelvic fin with one spine and five rays. They also have rough scales. Family Scombridae is comprised mostly of mackerels‚ tunas‚ and bonitos. This family is home to some of the most popular food and sport fish. They ’re bodies are made for swimming with maximum efficiency
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fruit sauce. However Bluefin tuna sushi is the best to make some like the most. As a result‚ at this time some want to have more Bluefin tuna so that over ten hundred of thousand dollars people can buy a Bluefin tuna (Richardson). Since the high demand and price have stimulated‚ some fishermen work hard to catch more and more Bluefin. What is the happening? The overall ecosystem and economy the world are influenced
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Topic: depleting tuna population General purpose: to inform Specific purpose: At the end of my speech the audience will know how Japanese fisherman are affecting tuna populations Introduction: For the people of Japan‚ the sea provides most of their diet. But one fish in particular‚ the Bluefin Tuna‚ is favored over most. Tuna fisheries began to grow in 1970‚ and since then‚ developed into an enormous business for Japan. Because of this‚ fleets of Japanese fishing vessels are over-fishing
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The Secret Life of the Bluefin Tuna The Atlantic Ocean is an underwater world connected to gulfs and seas where various species of fish swim. Just off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico‚ it is the middle of April at the start of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna breeding season. A female Bluefin returns to the same spawning grounds every year to lay eggs in the warm waters of the gulf. She is eight years old and it is her first breeding season. In the dead of night‚ she and her male partner will
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During the early 1900’s the fishing of bluefin tuna became an international sport with increasing popularity. From the 1930’s through to the 1960’s‚ the Sharp Cup in Nova Scotia was held which was a popular international bluefin tournament‚ the largest catch being 1‚760 recorded in 1949. Many other tournaments were also held throughout the Northeast United States until the mid- 1960’s‚ when bluefin tuna’s population appeared to have declined. A detailed study of the reason for this decline was never
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earth and its natural resources. One environmental issue caused by human impact is the overfishing of the Bluefin Tuna to the point where it has been placed on the critically endangered species list. Bluefin Tuna are being overfished at an alarming rate this human greed from a Buddhist perspective will cause the depletion and over all extinction if nothing is changed. Bluefin Tuna populations in the Atlantic Ocean have declined over 70 percent in the last thirty years yet because seafood is a global
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