Salmon:
Salmon is a teleost fish which lies in the family Salmonidae. Salmon is rich in calories and fats. Salmon is expensive. It has orange or pink flesh. Salmons are born in the fresh water, migrate to the sea and return to the fresh water to reproduce.
Tuna:
Tuna are in the family Scombriade and are the fast swimmers. The flesh of tuna is pink to dark red. Tuna is high in mercury content so it is not recommended for the pregnant women and childrens. Tuna is a good source of protein.
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A large edible fish that is a popular sporting fish, much prized for its pink flesh. Salmon mature in the sea but migrate to freshwater streams to spawn. | A large and active predatory schooling fish of warm seas, extensively fished commercially and popular as a game fish. |
Synonyms | Anchovy, food fish, orange, shark, dolphin | Sailfish, food fish, blackfish, Bluefin, trout |
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History | The salmon has long been at the heart of the culture and livelihood of coastal dwellers. Many people of the northern Pacific shore had a ceremony to honor the first return of the year. For many centuries, people caught salmon as they swam upriver to spawn. | Between 1940 and the mid-1960s, the annual world catch of the five principal market species of tunas rose from about 300 thousand tons to about 1 million tons, most of it taken by hook and line. With the development of purse-seine nets, now the predominant gear, catches have risen to more than 4 million tons annually during the last few years. |
Word origin | The word salmon was originated from Middle English samoun, from Anglo-Norman French saumoun, from Latin salmo, salmon-. The spelling with -l- is influenced by Latin. | The word tuna was originated in Late 19th century: from American Spanish, from Spanish atún ‘tunny’. |
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