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About Tuna 

Here in the USA, we have bluefin, yellowfin, longfin, blackfin and skipjack tuna. Each fish has unique characteristics in terms of behavior and fishing techniques.

Seafood lovers will also find that each fish has a distinct taste and appearance.

Cooking and Enjoying Tuna 

Tuna is consumed in a variety of ways. Tuna is the most well known and available fish in the USA and many other parts of the world due to it's popularity as a canned product. Most of us grew up on tuna salad sandwiches and associate that experience with tuna as a meal.

Readers that have been lucky enough to enjoy fresh caught tuna know that there is quite a difference between a canned tuna salad sandwich and a fresh grilled tuna steak!

Fresh tuna is delicious grilled, blackened, or as sushi. Those of us that still love tuna salad can enjoy tuna from the can or use leftover grilled tuna to create a unique and delightful tuna salad with a unique flavor.

Smoked fish lovers will be thrilled to know that tuna is excellent smoked. The finished product makes wonderful smoked fish dips, salads or just eaten cold as is.

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Tuna Fishing - Virginia Style 

"I wasn't quite expecting this" was the remark from our angler as we fitted him to the harness and urged him to be patient as the bluefin steadily took line off the reel, with no sign of stopping.

We had pushed hard to be among the first boats to set lines off the Virginia coast on this overcast July morning. We had set the center line, locally known as the way-way back or simply WWB. The rig consists of a bird, daisy chain of artificial squid and green machine. Within seconds of placing the rod in the rod holder, and before we could set the second line, we were hooked up to a nice bluefin tuna.

Moments later we boated our second fish, a #40 class yellowfin on another daisy chain as the bulk of the fleet were about to throttle back and begin setting lines. This was tuna fishing - Virginia style.

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Tuna Fishing-Virginia Style

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Dr. William T. Hogarth, Director of NOAA Fisheries Service on Tuna 

Dr. William T. Hogarth, Director of NOAA Fisheries Service, head of the U.S. delegation to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, and chairman of ICCAT has issued a statement regarding the need for stronger conservation measures in the Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery. In particular, he calls for a three-to-five year moratorium on eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fisheries. Given continued blatant violations of catch limits, closed areas, and reporting requirements in the eastern Atlantic fisheries, international cooperation to support a moratorium is urgently needed. ICCAT scientists have noted a high risk of stock collapse if overfishing in these areas is allowed to continue. Because the western stock of bluefin tuna intermixes with the much larger eastern stock, there is also serious concern about the impact of uncontrolled eastern bluefin catches on bluefin tuna caught by U.S. fishermen in the western Atlantic.

Hogarth discusses the proposed moratorium in greater detail in his column, Bill's Corner.

Longfin Albacore Tuna 

Albacore is a highly migratory species. It can be found in the cooler tropical waters, and is always on the move, seeking for best feeding and spawning grounds.

Due to its white colored meat albacore is also called "chicken of the sea". Albacore is popular in the States, where it is marketed as "White Tuna" and sold as canned products.

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Skipjack Tuna 

Skipjack tuna are small but highly migratory tuna which can be found in tropical waters.

Large schools sometimes mix with small yellowfin. Normally dolphins do not swim together with the small skipjack, which almost makes it a guaranteed dolphin-safe species.

The meat of the skipjack has a somewhat darker of color sometimes even slightly pinkish. It has a relatively tender texture, and is has somewhat more a fishy taste then some other tuna species.

The small size of the fish gives small loins and chunks, making it well suited for canned tuna.

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