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Yellowfin Tuna 


Yellowfin Tuna is caught in open waters of tropical and subtropical seas worldwide. This fish is a great hunter. The tuna looks like a big mackerel or bonito and swims in large groups. He hunts for the smaller fish like the anchovy and sardine. The Bonito seems a lot of the tuna only he isn't so big (approximately a meter) and the colour of his fish flesh is much whiter.

To fillet

  1. FIRMLY SHARP SAW KNIFE (not to flexible).
  2. Make on both sides of the belly fins and the gills an incision.
  3. Take of the head.
  4. Make in the middle an incision to the big bone.
  5. Put your knife exactly above the middle and filleting the fish to the tail.
  6. Cut into the fillet to the bones in the middle.
  7. Take of the fillet.
  8. The other pieces are the same.
  9. Cut out the belly bones of the belly side.


To skin: (attention, this fish has a complete soft skin)

  1. Clean your beam with the back of your knife.
  2. Make a small incision in the fillet TO the skin.
  3. Push with your finger tops the skin firmly on the beam and makes at the same time short saw movements and cut the fillet down to the tail.