Yellowfin Tuna
Average size 60-100 cm, reaching 200 cm, and an average weight of 30 kg. Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical seas. Migratory, pelagic. Metallic dark blue above, changing through yellow to silvery white on belly. Large fish have very long second dorsal and anal fins. Main fishing grounds north east of New Zealand between East Cape and North Cape where game vessels with trolling gear take small numbers and foreign longliners engage in a limited fishery for this species from January to March. A small resource.
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