News tagged with tuna
Chicken of the sea? Tuna farming getting a boost
(AP) -- Thousands of tuna, their silver bellies bloated with fat, swim frantically around in netted areas of a small bay, stuffing themselves until they grow twice as heavy as in the wild. Is this sushi's ...
Dec 05, 2009 |
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Unknowlingly consuming endangered tuna
While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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EU: bluefin tuna catches to be reduced
(AP) -- The EU Commission says over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year.
Nov 16, 2009 |
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New study reveals first ever method to genetically identify all 8 tuna species
A new paper published October 27 in PLoS ONE, the online, open-access scientific journal, unveils for the first time a method to accurately distinguish between all eight tuna species from any kind of processed tissue using ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm
(AP) -- Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island.
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Juvenile bluefin tunas can dive to depths of more than 1000 meters
According to the AZTI-Tecnalia researchers, the first estimations of the geographical location of the recovered tag revealed that this fish had undertaken migrations between the Azores and Portugal during the winter, later ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Helping Albacore tuna come out of the can
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are set to study the earbones and organs of more than 2000 albacore tuna to better understand the growth, age and breeding patterns of this increasingly important species.
Aug 11, 2009 |
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New technologies help scientists track fish species
(PhysOrg.com) -- New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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