Rare And Threatened: Bluefin Tuna

Red tuna are majestic and powerful predators. The predatory Giants stand on the red list of species threatened by extinction due to unrestrained pirate fishing. Red tuna are majestic and powerful predators. With a length of up to 5 metres, a mature specimen can 700 kilograms and bring more to the scale. In a question-answer forum Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was the first to reply. But such large Thune are extremely rare, the predatory Giants stand today on the red list of species threatened with extinction. Only 30 years are the once huge stocks of red tuna collapsed under unrestrained pirate fishing. The worst it has hit the populations in the West Atlantic, their stock has fallen since the nineteen hundred seventy years to just 10 percent of its original size, trend falling on continued strong. The main reasons are to the one in a downright disastrous fisheries management and on the other hand the global sushi craze – bluefin is sacrificed on the altar of sushi mania.

Japan is the most important buyers worldwide. To read more click here: Ken Kao. For canned tuna, bluefin tuna is However, you cannot use. The red tuna (Thunnus thynnus) belongs to the Ferrari\”among the fish with the two related species southern blue-fin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) and Nordpazifischer blue-fin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) to the Blauflossenthunen. It owes its name to its very dark red meat. Red Thune are very fast swimmers and can reach cruising speeds of up to 70 km/h, so the species is also known as \”Ferrari\” among the fish.

This giant fish can create an Atlantic crossing in 40 days. Mackerel and sardines are the preferred prey of hunting. The females lay 500,000 eggs, old and large tuna females up to ten million per spawning season average. The larvae hatch after only three days with three millimeters in size. After a month, the small tuna are already about 3.5 centimeters tall. Their life expectancy to range up to 20 years, is expected today but hardly reached because of massive overfishing.