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It is derived from the Latin Thunnus, the name of its scientific genus. Tuna has been fished from the warm, temperate parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans since ancient times. The modern and real tuna fisherman begun to work first in the bait boats, and later on move to the big tuna seiners with the invention of the power block and the big seine nets, also increase the size of the boats, and the capacity and autonomy of the fleets, some spending an average of two or three months per trip depending of the season, we know of some koreans boats that stay in fishing grounds for about 6 months without going ashore, doing the refueling and unloading in high seas. Please if you feel interested in this subject, just as a fisherman, curiosity, researching or just to become part of a community join us, signing up is easy and quick, just provide a real email and follow the instructions and in matter of couple minutes be a part of the Tunaseiners.com! |
 
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. I believe we will able to interact much better with this new platform, there is a lot of ideas to make the site better and better, of course with all your support and collaboration. I want to thank to my friend Tom Walsh for all the constant support and encouragement, to my friend Juan Mora Cerdas from Panama which has been very supportive, also many thanks to Luis León Falla (gordo lucho) in San Diego, and to all of you helping to keep alive the good name and the pride of the tuna fishermen. Sincerely Calidro Morello Senior- Editor |
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On February - 20 - 2009
The word tuna dates back only to 1880 in print and is attributed as a Spanish American derivation of the English counterpart, tunny.
