Fishermen near Melbourne assumed two giant fish they caught were local tuna, but DNA showed them to be Pacific bluefin tuna, which spawn near Japan
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Two tuna caught off Western Port Bay in July 2026, at 364 and 290 pounds, were confirmed by CSIRO DNA as Victoria's first recreational Pacific bluefin tuna catches.
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