Swim with the fishes: is tuna tourism just a bit of harmless holiday fun?

Swim with the fishes: is tuna tourism just a bit of harmless holiday fun?

Source: headtopics

7/17/2024

Swim with the fishes: is tuna tourism just a bit of harmless holiday fun?

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Inside the pen are about 500 bluefin tuna. Caught from the wild, they are being fattened for slaughter, a process known as ranching. The snorkellers, who have paid for a tour run by a company called Balfegó, have about 45 minutes to swim with the fish. Bluefin tuna are highly migratory animals kept in relatively small enclosures, which is likely to be stressful

Bluefin are known for their vast ocean migrations and can grow up to four metres long. The fish under the snorkellers are about half that size. Their current weight, according to Mèlich Bonancia, is about 180kg.

Blackfin tuna

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