Mystery of 200-pound bluefin tuna washed up on Orcas Island

Mystery of 200-pound bluefin tuna washed up on Orcas Island

Source: mynorthwest

10/9/2023

Mystery of 200-pound bluefin tuna washed up on Orcas Island

We’re learning new information about the mysterious bluefin tuna that washed up on Orcas Island over the summer.

That was the first time a bluefin had ever been documented in Salish Sea.

Afterwards, the Sea-Doc Society did a deep-dive investigation into this mystery, sending the tuna up to Friday Harbor Laboratories. There, they were able to complete a full necropsy to determine how it died, and how it ended up in the Salish Sea in the first place.

Atlantic bluefin tuna

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