{"id":7526,"date":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/23-08-2022\/pacific-bluefin-tuna\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","slug":"pacific-bluefin-tuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-08-2022\/pacific-bluefin-tuna","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Bluefin Tuna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>In News\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The biomass of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Pacific Bluefin Tuna<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> has increased and is second-highest in recorded history<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>About Pacific Bluefin Tuna<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Appearance : <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">They have black or dark blue dorsal sides, with a greyish-green iridescence.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Their bellies are dotted with silver or grey spots or bands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">They have a series of small yellow fins, edged in black, running from the second dorsal fin to the tail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">They have relatively small eyes compared to other species of tuna.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Diet : They <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">are predatory and mainly eat squids and fish, such as sardines and anchovies, saury, herring, pompanos, mackerel, hake, other tunas, and occasionally red crabs and krill.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Habitat <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">:Most of the U.S. catch of Pacific bluefin tuna is within about 100 nautical miles of the California coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/yJphFAtZ_CgOTGXQyulmcO65Gno81Sr-xSdNFX2Axy1AQshd8U8kUnr8X5VcpXWPtN0EC53L9Dd_GxmWp3-DpNM_ZjiY0nZ79I3lFS__MXUktWC2MhSVBRMKEiPXixtey6jM0n71jMecV6YeJPPu_0E\" style=\"height:162.0; width:244.0\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse; border:none; table-layout:fixed; width:624px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#fff2cc; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; border-left:1px solid #000000; border-right:1px solid #000000; border-top:1px solid #000000; vertical-align:top\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>Bluefin<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Scientific Name:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> Thunnus Thynnus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">They\u00a0 are the largest tunas and can live up to 40 years. They migrate across all oceans and can dive deeper than 3,000 feet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">There are three species of bluefin: Atlantic (the largest and most endangered), Pacific, and Southern.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Status :<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/good-news-pacific-bluefin-tuna-stock-to-rebound-sooner-than-expected-due-to-global-conservation-efforts-84457\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\"><strong>DTE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News\u00a0 The biomass of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna has increased and is second-highest in recorded history About Pacific Bluefin Tuna Appearance : They have black or dark blue dorsal sides, with a greyish-green iridescence. Their bellies are dotted with silver or grey spots or bands. 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