I think I never saw life tuna, but I still remember the scenes from 'The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle' as a kid (the book/TV series is also known as 'Red Zora')

There are species of tuna that can reach up to 4.5m. But most canned tuna is Skipjack or Albacore and they can "only" get up to 0.8m (skipjack) and 1m (albacore).

Still pretty big though. But the huge ones are mostly sold at auction for sushi afaik

I used Google image search for "Atlantic bluefin tuna". I admit that seeing so many people proudly posing with their giant dead fish is like seeing safari hunters posing with their large dead game in Africa. It just seems in bad taste. Congrats, you killed a huge animal?! It almost makes me want to become a vegetarian.

One posing picture with lots of blood I found particularly appalling. https://wonews.com/recent-assessment-shows-bluefin-tuna-numb... (warning: don't click if you can't look at blood.)

I guess for me, empathy with animals is strongly correlated with their size.

The insignificance of the killer is a contributing factor for me.

It’s always the smiling that rubs me the wrong way.

Like ok I can respect hunters getting meat from nature vs a factory farm, but when your standing in blood smiling ear to ear because you took a life and then photograph it to brag to your like minded friends, it gets pretty weird and psychopathic.

Yeah, like in this one: https://pelagicgear.com/en-ad/blogs/news/giant-bluefin-tuna-...

It's also the fact that these animals regularly live 30 to 40 years.

I have a lot more respect for people who hunt wild fish for food than for people who get their food from factory farms.

We've got a saying up here in Alaska: friends dont let friends eat farmed fish.

I had to look it up - only a couple of aquariums in the world have bluefin (the largest species) in captivity, most that keep tuna have yellowfin and skipjack, large fish but not nearly as big as bluefin.

Similar experience albeit with a documentary. I was shocked at how big and imposing they were.