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• n  tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
• n  important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
• n  any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
• n  New Zealand eel

• MARKETING SELLING The nation's grocery shelves were carefully searched last week for cans imprinted with the telltale code WY2 and WY3-They contained tuna fish.
• Computer hooks a drug ring "Black tuna, black tuna," crackled the clandestine radio.
• Q A: With renewed focus on high-mercury tuna, one public-health expert says the real danger is that we're not eating enough fish.

• Opuntia tuna
• tuna fish
• tunny
• Anguilla sucklandii

News & Articles

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• Nature Report: Tuna Time
  It is tuna time in South Texas. The fruit or tuna of the prickly pear cactus is ripening, and it is a tasty treat for a variety of wildlife.
  June 19, 2013 - KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley
• World Fish Prices Climb to Record on Demand for Salmon and Tuna
  Global fish prices rose to a record in May on rising demand for salmon and falling supplies of tuna, according to the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization.
  June 19, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Phone Briefing: Shaping the Fate of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
  WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, June 20, at 10 a.m. EDT, The Pew Charitable Trusts will host a media phone briefing on critical upcoming decisions for western Atlantic bluefin tuna – a population that is just 36 percent of what it was in 1970. Fisheries managers and scientists from around the world could shape the fate of this iconic species when they meet next ...
  June 18, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Takagi in USA Today
  We understand that the sight of hundreds of frozen tuna looks unique and interesting for foreign tourists,said Yoshiaki Takagi, the deputy director of the market. "But they have to understand the Tsukiji market is a professional place, not...
• Nick Faldo in International Herald Tribune
  It just had the lunch list,Faldo said Wednesday when asked about it. "It had sandwich requests for the guys, just making sure who wants tuna, who wants the beef, who wants the ham. That's all it was."
• Vonnie Holliday in USA Today
  Somebody like the Big Tuna, regardless of who's in the front office or who's not, brings a lot of respect and a lot of credibility with him,defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday said.