bluefin

(ˈbluːˌfɪn) or

bluefin tuna

(Animals) another name for tunny

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Noun	1.	bluefin - flesh of very large tuna bluefin tuna horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics tuna fish, tunny, tuna - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
	2.	bluefin - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin tuna genus Thunnus, Thunnus - tunas: warm-blooded fishes tunny, tuna - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters bluefin, bluefin tuna - flesh of very large tuna

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The 342kg bluefin was bought by two sushi restaurants in Tokyo and Hong Kong and will be carved up between them.

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A bluefin tuna fish sold at an auction in Tokyo netted $400,000, setting a record for highest price paid for a single fish since record keeping started in 1999, according to Reuters and other reports.

Tuna fish sold for $400,000 in Japan

A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in Tokyo on Wednesday, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market.

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17/02/2011, GREENPEACE, AUCKLAND, NZ -- The increased quota for southern bluefin tuna puts the species on the fast track to extinction, says Greenpeace.

NZ puts tuna on extinction track

Fishing nations will try to thrash out a deal on Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas in 2011 at talks that pit economic interests against those of environmental groups.

Fishing nations gear up for tuna talks

September 30 2010 - Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc today announced that its Board of Directors has decided to move forward and complete the acquisition of Baja Aquafarms, a producer of bluefin tuna based in Mexico.

Aquaculture Firm Announces Mexican Acquisition

Oli Steindorsson, Chairman of the company told Feedinfo News Service: "I am very pleased that our Board and that of Baja, have decided to move forward for Umami to complete the acquisition of 100% of Baja which is the leading bluefin tuna operation in Mexico.

Aquaculture Firm Announces Mexican Acquisition

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