tuna boat

Commercial fishing ship

A tuna boat is a commercial fishing vessel designed or equipped for catching tuna.

These range from small sportfishing boats to large industrial seiners that deploy massive nets.

The tuna boats left the harbor before dawn.

The term sometimes appears in contexts about marine conservation and fishing regulations.

Related

deep sea · open water · catch · net · deck · deck hand · crew · longline · Pacific · yellowfin · bluefin · skipjack · cannery · dolphin safe · mercury levels · harbor · diesel · hull

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target catch species

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Cetacean hunting vessel

whaling ship · crab boat · lobster boat · shrimp boat

vessel purpose

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Pleasure voyage vessel

cargo ship · oil tanker · passenger ferry · research vessel · sailboat

Family

tuna, boat, tunas, boats, boated, boating, boater, boaters

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G