Tuna fish — Quartz Obsession issue of startling statistics
According to statistics published June 2019 on Quartz.com, here are some important facts and statistics about Tuna fish, by the digits:
59%: Share of fish labeled “tuna” sold at US restaurants and grocery stores that is not tuna
80%: Estimated share of the world’s catch of bluefin tuna that goes to Japan for use in sushi and sashimi
$3.1 million: Record price paid for a giant Pacific bluefin tuna at the first tuna auction of this year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, which routinely sees bluefin go for absurd prices
2: Companies making plant-based alternatives to tuna
4 years: Shelf-life of unopened canned tuna
4 lbs (1.8 kg): Maximum size of the bullet tuna, the smallest of the species
2,000 lbs (900 kg): Maximum size of the Atlantic bluefin, the largest
70 km/h (43 miles/h): Speed an Atlantic bluefin can travel
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