Tuna find signals species' return to UK waters, experts say

Tuna find signals species' return to UK waters, experts say

Source: BBC News

10/17/2023

Tuna find signals species' return to UK waters, experts say

A large bluefin tuna has washed up dead on the Dorset coast - an indication that the species is making a comeback to UK waters, conservationists said.

The 9ft-long (2.75m) fish died at sea before being washed up at Kimmeridge.

Dorset Wildlife Trust said the apex predators had been absent from UK seas for decades but recently started to make a return to the English Channel.

Marine awareness officer Julie Hatcher said: "It's great to know that bluefin tuna are back in our waters."

Ms Hatcher, a marine biologist, described the large adult as a "magnificent fish".

Atlantic bluefin tuna