China News Service, February 21. According to the Greek "China-Greece Times" report, recently, Greek fishermen caught the country's largest tuna in a decade in the Ionian waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
According to local media reports, the tuna was about 3 meters long and weighed 780 pounds.
According to the announcement of the Greek Central Market and Fisheries Organization (OKAA), the big fish was sent to the Renti Central Market, the largest open food market in Attica, Athens, Greece on the 21st, and will be sold at a fish shop called ENALION. .
Fish traders at the Renti market in Athens say the "super tuna" will be sold to the European market.
Although the demand for tuna in Asia is very high, due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, it is more difficult to transport the fish to the Asian market for sale.
Greece is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea and its basin seas - the Ionian and Aegean seas.
Tuna can be found in all Greek waters, and summer is the best season for fishing.
In summer, tuna in some areas are even just a few kilometers from the coast.
Greek tuna is in fishing season all year round, and there is no closing period.
The peak fishing season is from July to September, and the low season is from January to March and November to December.