Tuna: A Threatened Species (Reading World 1)

Is tuna expensive?

• yes

• no

• some is cheap and some is very expensive

About how many different species of tuna are there?

• 7

• 48

• 132

• 7,500

Which species of tuna is usually used for canned tuna?

• yellowfin

• bluefin

• bigeye

• skipjack

Which species was the single fish that sold for $396,000 in 2011?

• yellowfin

• skipjack

• bluefin

• albacore

From 1976 to 2006, the population of bluefin decreased by how much?

• 32%

• 52%

• 72%

• 92%

In 2009, scientists recommended the quota for one kind of tuna be limited to 7,500 tonnes, but how much tuna was estimated to have been caught that year?

• 15,000 tonnes

• 30,000 tonnes

• 60,000 tonnes

• 7,500 tonnes

What does "tuna stocks" mean?

• the number of tuna in the ocean

• a way of preparing raw tuna for consumers

• the part of the tuna that is eaten

• catching too many tuna

"Tuna farming" means...

• planting tuna in soil to grow

• feeding tuna to farm animals like pigs and chickens

• people breeding and raising tuna in tanks

• when tuna grow vegetables so people won't eat tuna

How does the article say you can help wild tuna survive?

• don't eat tuna

• eat tuna fishermen

• don't eat canned tuna

• make sure you don't eat wild tuna

Does the article tell you how to know if you're eating wild or farmed tuna?

• yes

• no