Pacific Bluefin Tuna Found Dead on Beach on Orcas Island

How did you start your day? Was it by looking at a massive #bluefin tuna that washed up on the beach near your home? That’s how we did! That’s right, we woke up to find this beautiful bluefin tuna dead on Crescent Beach in Eastsound-right here on Orcas Island. We don’t yet know why it died, but we did find it ironic that the first report of a #bluefintuna in the Salish Sea happened on the same day our friends and collaborators released their new book, A Field Guide to Fishes of the Salish Sea! You won’t find bluefin among the fishes in the book-which is a great reminder that there’s always something new learn about our shared ocean!