logo
[Log In]
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Skip Navigation Links
logo 10/9/2024 12:19:43 AM     
Swim with the fishes: is tuna tourism just a bit of harmless holiday fun? 
AU Source: headtopics 7/17/2024
Swim with the fishes: is tuna tourism just a bit of harmless holiday fun?
Credit: GMG Photo		 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 Continue...
News Id SourceStampcountry
5301Video: Angler catches monster muskie at Belle River marinaWindsor Star2015-11-15CA
5302‘Unsafe’ levels of antibiotics found in rivers in 72 countriesfrance242019-05-27CA
5303'The fish can't get through': Tsilhqot'in issues salmon closure notice after Big Bar landslideCBC News2019-09-03CA
5304Рыбак в Томской области выловил гигантскую щукуTB-22019-09-03RU
5305Salmon can now be transported around Fraser River landslide by truck, officials sayThe Canadian Press2019-09-03CA
5306Squamish River pink salmon fishery should be closed, say local conservationistsCBC News2019-09-02CA
5307Battling the tench fish invasion: 'Like Game of Thrones under water'montreal gazette2019-08-31CA
5308Ocean Choice International off the hook for illegal fishing chargeCBC News2019-08-29CA
5309Red Deer to remove invasive goldfish infestation from pondCBC News2019-08-29CA
5310Alarm raised after invasive smallmouth bass spotted in MiramichiCBC News2019-08-27CA
5311Group braces for ‘really bad year’ for salmon population in Sackville RiverGlobal News2016-08-16CA
5312Heat stress that killed thousands of salmon in Alaska is a sign of things to come, scientist warnsCBC News2019-08-24CA
5313Rocky River construction stalling salmon, author saysCBC News2015-08-18CA
5314Fish with ‘two jaws’ caught in New YorkIndependent2019-08-22US
5315От Ганга до Волги: как спасти реки от загрязнения?habr2019-08-22RU
5316Lured in: Fishing at stocked trout pondsCBC News2019-08-22CA
5317Gulf of St. Lawrence cod extinction 'highly probable,' says DFOCBC News2019-08-21CA
5318Fly-fishing in the remote reaches of HokkaidoTheJapanLife2019-08-20JP
5319Genetic study of sockeye salmon in B.C. river suggests 75% decline since 1913CBC News2019-08-20CA
5320The 'Codfather' will never fish again, after fake Russian mobsters took him downWashington Post2019-08-20CA
5321'What fishing season?': Local First Nations worry about state of fishing in Fraser RiverCBC News2019-08-17CA
5322Fish buyer in P.E.I. opens plant to promote Canada's sustainable tuna fisheryctv news2019-08-12CA
5323Invasion of the giant goldfish: Pets overrun local swimming holeCBC News2019-08-10CA
5324After fish die in river, Quebec tells Environment Canada: Go fish for dataOttawa Citizen2019-08-10CA
5325Invasive fish being pulled from Banff lakes to protect native speciesCBC News2015-07-21CA
◀ ← ♠ 216 217 218 → ▶ 212 of [219 - pages.]
© MB Co 2017-2024. All rights reserved. Developed by S@Shishkina