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Sea FAQIs there much salt in fish?
Is there much salt in fish?
There
are seven commercial and sport-caught tunas, as well
as several related species, all of which are members of what
is called the scombrid family. Commercially caught
tunas consist of albacore, bigeye, blackfin,
bluefin, bonito, skipjack, and
yellowfin. Yellowfin, taken in the eastern Pacific
and tropical Atlantic, makes up the biggest U.S. commercial
catch. Albacore, caught in the eastern Pacific, is the true
"white-meat" tuna; skipjack, caught throughout the world in
tropical and subtropical waters, makes up the second largest
U.S. commercial catch; bigeye is caught mostly in tropical
waters; blackfin is caught commercially only in the Caribbean
and off South America; the very large bluefin (rod-and-reel
record, 1,040 pounds) is a highly prized sport catch in the
Atlantic and Pacific; and the widely distributed bonito is
used largely as pet food.
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