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Word: bluefin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Veteran tuna fishermen from all over the northeast had to bow to Rodman A. Sharp '51 recently when he handed the season's biggest fish--an 850-pound bluefin at Wedgeport, Nova Scotia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '51 Angler Lands Huge Tuna | 10/19/1948 | See Source »

Some of the world's best saltwater fishing is to be had in the warm waters off Florida's coast. Shrewd hands usually wait until late spring, when the big runs of bluefin tuna, tarpon, blue & white marlin begin. But for the professional small-boat skipper the best fishing time is now-when the tourists are running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Landlubber's Luck | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

...sunny San Pedro, one of the U.S. fish capitals, the harbor was hectic with production. The white-hulled tuna clipper Long Island warped in with the season's first catch of bluefin tuna-a whopping 90 tons, worth about $20,000. Grizzled fishermen, speeding their net mending, talked about the biggest tuna run ever, wondered if prices would go above the present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: The Sea-Food Boom | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

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