Nearly 400 Kg of Illegally Fished Bluefin Tuna Offered at a Hotel School to "Value Them to the Best"

Jean-Paul-Passedat High School in Marseilles saw the release of nearly 400 kg of bluefin tuna that had been illegally caught and then seized.

Bluefin tuna, caught illegally because too small, were given to a hotel school in Marseille to raise awareness of the sustainable management of marine resources Some 20 tunas

Marseille, 27 May 2025 (AFP) – About twenty bluefin tuna, which were too small to be caught, were seized and then handed over to a high school in Marseille to be "valued to the best", the prefect announced Tuesday. "Transformed into nets by high school students as soon as reception, the tunas were frozen to be used all year [...]