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Tuna
There are seven commercial and sport-caught tunas, as well as several
related species, all of which are members of what is called the scombrid
family. Commercially caught tunas consist of albacore, bigeye, blackfin,
bluefin, bonito, skipjack, and yellowfin. Yellowfin, taken in the eastern
Pacific and tropical Atlantic, makes up the biggest U.S. commercial catch.
Albacore, caught in the eastern Pacific, is the true "white-meat" tuna;
skipjack, caught throughout the world in tropical and subtropical waters,
makes up the second largest U.S. commercial catch; bigeye is caught mostly
in tropical waters; blackfin is caught commercially only in the Caribbean
and off South America; the very large bluefin (rod-and-reel record, 1,040
pounds) is a highly prized sport catch in the Atlantic and Pacific; and
the widely distributed bonito is used largely as pet food.
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