TUNA
Atlantic blue fin tuna has a streamlined back to reduce the amount of drag when it is in the sea, this will help it swim and shoot faster forwards. Surprisingly this fish is a carnivore and can live for an amazing 15 years!
The Atlantic blue fin tuna is one of the largest, fastest, and most gorgeously coloured of all the world’s fishes. Their torpedo-shaped, streamlined bodies are built for speed and endurance, like most fish, it is metallic blue/ silver so there is a lovely shimmer to its skin.
Unfortunately for the species however, blue fin meat also happens to be regarded as surpassingly delicious, particularly among sashimi eaters, and overfishing throughout their range has driven their numbers to critically low levels, which means they are very endangered.
Blue fin tuna have been eaten by humans for centuries. However, in the 1970s, demand and prices for large blue fins soared worldwide, particularly in Japan, and commercial fishing operations found new ways to find and catch these sleek giants. As a result, blue fin stocks, especially of large.
The Atlantic blue fin tuna is actually huge although you would imagine them to be small:
Thanks for reading about tuna ;)
I'm going to have 'tuna pasta' for dinner.......
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