Story: Oceanic fish

Canned tuna

Canned tuna

Most people associate tuna with a small tin, rather than the creature in the ocean. This can, produced by a small cannery in Blenheim, contains albacore tuna, which has a paler flesh than other tunas. Most canned tuna in New Zealand is imported skipjack or yellow tuna.

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Carl Walrond, 'Oceanic fish - Tuna', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/object/8757/canned-tuna (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 12 Jun 2006