Show TUNNY IN BRITISH WATERS laroo large specimen of the fish weighing 75 pounds Is caught and put on exhibition london A large specimen of tho the short finned tunny crey kreynus nus thyn nus was recently captured off the southwest coast of ireland by one of tho the fleetwood trailers trawlers lers lera when drawling trawling ling tor for hake bake who brought it ia to their thear home port and it was afterwards sent as a shop attraction to preston where tho the writer had the opportunity of examining it the fish in question weighed pounds and measured six alx feet six inches in length and la Is the largest ol ef 4 0 N 7 the tunny fish t its ever brought to fleetwood the tunny belongs to the mackerel family having somewhat the appearance ance of a gigantic mackerel and Is a rare visitor to british waters it ills wit a southern bell particularly abundant abundant in the mediterranean where the fisher fisheries iea are ot of great antiquity and la id today much in demand for its edible qualities es in the countries countr lea bordering on that sea the phoenicians Phoenicia ns established extensive fisheries sherles fl for tunny and as an indication of their value the tunny appears on the medals ot of cadiz and carte bartela Car tela a unfortunately the specimen here shown to is wrinkled in the lower portion of the body owing to its not being hoisted clear of the ground when being photographed and the flah fish la is leaning on its tall tail consequently wrinkling it A tunny weighing three and a halt half hundredweight dweight and about eight feet long and another specimen of the same species said bald to be just under 12 feet in ln length and weighing six alx and a halt hundredweight were caught in the north sea and landed at east coast fishing ports during the month of september this year the mediterranean tunny Is allied to the tuna of the I 1 call calf fornhan coast and both these flah fish may be obtained in this country preserved in tins |