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How many species of Bluefin tuna are there and where do they live?
There are three species of Bluefin tuna, Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern. The Atlantic Bluefin tuna lives in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific tuna lives in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean, and the Southern Bluefin tuna lives in the Coral Triangle in the southern hemisphere.
How many types of tuna are there and what are their names?
There are nine types of tuna. They are Atlantic albacore, Pacific albacore, Atlantic bigeye, Pacific bigeye, Atlantic yellowfin, Pacific yellowfin, Atlantic bluefin, Pacific Bluefin, Atlantic skipjack, and Pacific skipjack.
What is the tallest tuna's measurement?
The maximal length of the Atlantic bluefin tuna is 4,6 m.
What body of water blue fin tuna live in?
It depends on which kind of Bluefin Tuna you are referring to. Southern Bluefin Tuna live in Southern hemisphere waters of all the oceans. Pacific Bluefin Tuna live in the Northern Pacific Ocean. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna live in the Eastern and Western Atlantic Ocean as well as a parts of the Mediterranean sea. Longtail Tuna live in the Indo-West Pacific waters.
How fast can bluefin tuna go?
Bluefin Tuna have been known to migrate very long distances, up to 8,000 km. For example, they can cross the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in search of warmer spawning waters.
What is the average size of a bluefin tuna?
The southern bluefin tuna can grow up to 8.2ft and weigh as much as 882lbs. The bluefin is one of the largest bony fish in the ocean.
How many tuna are left in the wild?
Due to the fact that they are wild no one knows an exact number. The Atlantic population of the giant bluefin tuna is threatened, but most other tuna species appear to be doing well. Tuna are pelagic species, meaning they spend their lives at sea, so exact numbers are hard to determine.
Bluefin tuna is it endangered?
yes tuna is endangered
Do tuna swim upstream?
The Pacific Bluefin Tuna does!
Are bluefin tuna endangered?
Yes
Where does the bluefin tuna shelter?
the bluefin tuna does not find shelter. in order for it to breath, the tuna must keep swimming, as it does not have the capability to pump water over its gills on its own.
What has the author Seward Samuel Whitehead written?
Seward Samuel Whitehead has written: 'Fishing methods for the bluefin tuna' -- subject(s): Tuna fisheries, Fisheries, Bluefin tuna
