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Far swimming record of the tuna
A tuna, marked 7 years ago in Spain, was caught by Venezuela fishermen. Thus, according to scientists it had far swum more than 6,400 km.


When captured and tagged track in 2006, the tuna was about 25 cm long and weighed 2,5 kg. Agency for SINC Science said UPI news agency when the tuna was caught in Venezuela, it was more than 1 m long and weighed up to 21, 7 kg. Thanks to detection of tracking tag, Venezuela fishermen didn’t eat this fish but they reported to scientific agencies. International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Ocean Tuna confirmed far movement nearly 4,000 miles to be a record for a tuna tagged track. UPI said that another tuna was also previously tagged track, caught in 2007, swam from Spain sea to Massachusetts through distance nearly 6,200 km.
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