bluefin
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈbluːfɪn/
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atún rojo
- In the morning, the charter fished for bluefin.
- bluefin tuna
- southern bluefin
- bluefin tuna catch
Examples
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Japan and New Zealand, on the other hand, have predominantly used longlines to catch southern bluefin tuna.
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Even aggressive efforts by the conservation community have been unable to prevent the continued destruction of bluefin tuna.
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Although numerous countries, including Australia and New Zealand, catch southern bluefin tuna, most of the fish end up in the Japanese market.
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Incredibly, we're still killing bluefin tuna, truly endangered and much more valuable alive than dead.
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Cultivating species such as the southern bluefin tuna, for example, has proven attractive to the fishing industry.
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Australia's commercial exploitation of southern bluefin tuna started in 1949.
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The Atlantic bluefin tuna illustrates this phenomenon well.
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The southern bluefin tuna feedlot industry grew rapidly to become South Australia's number-one export industry.
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Australia produced canned products from the southern bluefin tuna caught by the west coast fishermen using purse seine nets.
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The chef prepared a stunning dish using fresh bluefin tuna, which is highly valued in sushi restaurants.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large, fast sea fish often eaten fresh or canned
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A large sea fish that people often eat fresh, grilled or canned
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3.2
A very large sea fish found in cool seas and often caught for food
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8.1
A large sea fish like a tuna that people eat
A very large tuna that lives in the Atlantic and is often eaten as sushi
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bluefin is made of the simple parts blue and fin, which point to a fish with 'blue' fins; imagine a tuna with bright blue tail fins. That's why bluefin is the name for the very large tuna species known for its blue fins.