0 a large sea fish that you can eat -- atún
1 a large ocean fish, or its meat -- atún [ masculine, singular ]
a tuna sandwich un sandwich de atun
We must be certain that the species is genuinely endangered before taking a radical decision on the fishing of and trade in bluefin tuna.
The ban on the international trade in bluefin tuna will enable us to conserve our stocks of bluefin tuna, which are threatened by overfishing.
Illegal fishing, considered to be one of the major scourges undermining the protection of bluefin tuna stocks, also needs to be vigorously combated.
This measure means that the world fishing quota of blue fin tuna will reduce from 22 000 tonnes currently to 13 500 tonnes in 2010.
The scientific reports concerning the current biomass of bluefin tuna are alarmist: uncontrolled industrial-scale fishing has severely eroded stocks.
If global trade is not banned, then stocks of bluefin tuna will collapse, the fisheries sector will go under and then no one will be entitled to compensation.
