bluefin tuna
noun
blue·fin tuna
ˈblü-ˌfin- 
: a very large tuna (Thunnus thynnus) that is an important food and game fish
called also bluefin
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The current record for largest bluefin tuna caught in Texas was set nearly four years ago, in April of 2021, when angler Troy Lancaster caught an impressive 876-pound specimen — 8 pounds less than Esslinger’s.
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Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2025
The officer advised pier management that customers could not legally fish for bluefin tuna under federal law.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2025
Thanks to the results of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’s 15-year recovery plan, the Atlantic bluefin tuna is no longer Endangered.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Some of our primary goals are to study fish species that have great ecological, economic, and societal importance, namely Barents Sea capelin, Alaskan pollack, Peruvian and South African anchovies, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Southern blue whiting, and Argentinian hake.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2011
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Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2025
The officer advised pier management that customers could not legally fish for bluefin tuna under federal law.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2025
Thanks to the results of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’s 15-year recovery plan, the Atlantic bluefin tuna is no longer Endangered.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Some of our primary goals are to study fish species that have great ecological, economic, and societal importance, namely Barents Sea capelin, Alaskan pollack, Peruvian and South African anchovies, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Southern blue whiting, and Argentinian hake.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2011
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“Bluefin tuna.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluefin%20tuna. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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