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2 000 fish in a pen 15 - 20 m/s Sales 42 million Profit 10 million 270 tonnes of bluefin tuna sold for 8.05 million USD Farm Tuna 30 metres 10 metres 70 metres 10 metres Bluefin tuna are farmed in a cylindrical pen Farm grown is ½ the price of wild Diagrams not to scale 7 kg feed for every 1 kg of Tuna 30% of feed replaced with pellets Farm grown Wild Average length 1.2 metres Infographic on bluefin tuna farms in Japan Japan consumes 80% of bluefin tuna 36 000 tonnes annually Average weight ? fish in a pen Swim speed 2017 70 kg USD

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Page 1: Farm Tuna 2017 - ibo.org · fish in a pen 15 - 20 m/s Sales 42 million Profit 10 million 270 tonnes of bluefin tuna sold for 8.05 million USD Farm Tuna 30 metres 10 metres 70 metres

2 000 fish in a pen

15 - 20 m/s

Sales 42 million

Profit 10 million

270 tonnes of bluefin tuna

sold for 8.05 million USDFarm Tuna

30 metres

10 metres

70 metres

10 metres

Bluefin tuna are farmed in a cylindrical pen

Farm grown is ½ the price of wild

Diagrams not to scale

7 kg feed for every

1 kg of Tuna

30% of feed

replaced with pellets

Farm grown

Wild

Average length 1.2 metres

Infographic on bluefin tuna farms in Japan

Japan consumes 80% of bluefin tuna

36 000 tonnes annually

Average weight

? fish in a pen

Swim speed

2017

70 kg

� USD