Tuna Facts · Fun Facts
Tuna never stop moving, they are always in motion.
Albacore do not swim in tight schools as regularly as other tuna species.
The majority of US canned tuna is skipjack.
Skipjack accounts for the largest share of tuna caught and eaten by people around the world.
For many species, males grow to a greater size than females.
Albacore tuna has been tracked 5,300 miles from California to Japan at the rate of 16 miles per day.
Many bigeye live more than 8 years and one tagged individual lived for 14 years.
Large bigeye spend much of their time during the day at depth, coming to the surface more frequently at night.
Yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye tunas spawn widely throughout tropical waters.
Albacore is the only species that can be labeled as "white meat tuna" in the U.S.
Tuna’s high demand for oxygen requires they move continuously forcing water over their gills, their minimum speed is approximately one body length per second.
The average size of a given species of tuna can vary depending on which ocean they come from.
Albacore grow more slowly than tropical tunas – reaching about 30 kg by their 10th year.
A typical tuna may eat 5 percent of its own weight in food in one day.
Unlike most fish, which are cold-blooded, tuna are able to maintain their temperature several degrees warmer than the water in which they find themselves.
Archaeological evidence shows that over 6000 years ago, tuna was harvested by early Europeans in the area around Sweden, by Native Americans near British Columbia and by the peoples of the Joman culture near Japan.
