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n. - Red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales.

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  • On offer is “blue fin or bigeye tuna,” sushi quality, served only “blue” or rare.
  • Tuna occur at greater depths with mixed schools of skipjack and small yellowfin appearing above the large yellowfin and bigeye.
  • Offshore tunas (yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye) are caught mainly by long-distance fleets from Korea, Japan, USA, and Venezuela.
  • Scientific advice on tuna stocks is that catches must be reduced by at least 25 per cent for bigeye and 10 per cent for yellowfin.
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