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09-27-2016, 03:21 PM
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You may be used to seeing elvers or even a sizable salmon swimming in the River Severn, but imagine one swimmer's surprise at spotting an enormous tuna fish in the water.
Kevin Brady, who last year became the first person to swim the length of the River Severn, was stunned to find a giant seven-foot tuna in the river this week.
The 33-year-old adventurer was paddle-boarding on the river when he and two friends came across the body of the tuna, a large fish which normally lives in much warmer waters.
Kev said: "What happened was, Steve Burgess spotted it on his jetski and came to myself and Alec Foster on paddle boards shouting, 'I've found a 7ft fish!'
"We didn't believe him, thinking it must have been a cow or something. It wasn't until we got right up next to it we realised it was a fish."
It is thought the fish floated up passed Bristol and Avonmouth on the recent high tides to where it beached on Minsterworth in the Forest of Dean.
Dai Francis of the Severn and Wye Smokery said: "This last week we have had some massive tides so it's probably followed the salmon and everything else up the river," he said.
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"You do not usually get tuna in British waters but as the water temperature increases, they are getting spotted more and more.
"The water temperature in the River Severn is about 17 degrees, which is really warm for this time of year. That means all the fish from the West coast of France, the Bay of Biscay for instance, come around the corner and into the Bristol Channel.
"Basically the big fish follow the smaller fish and climate change means they come in further."
Expert Mr Francis said in years gone by North East ports were known for excellent tuna fishing and the rich would go there on their yachts to try and catch the species that are now more likely to be found in a can.
And although the fish in the Severn looks like a whopper, it probably can't compete with a 526lb tuna found off the coast of Scarborough.
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Read more at http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/watch-tuna-fish-the-size-of-a-shark-spotted-in-river-severn/story-29753992-detail/story.html#cjksQuy0AOdkH0jV.99
You may be used to seeing elvers or even a sizable salmon swimming in the River Severn, but imagine one swimmer's surprise at spotting an enormous tuna fish in the water.
Kevin Brady, who last year became the first person to swim the length of the River Severn, was stunned to find a giant seven-foot tuna in the river this week.
The 33-year-old adventurer was paddle-boarding on the river when he and two friends came across the body of the tuna, a large fish which normally lives in much warmer waters.
Kev said: "What happened was, Steve Burgess spotted it on his jetski and came to myself and Alec Foster on paddle boards shouting, 'I've found a 7ft fish!'
"We didn't believe him, thinking it must have been a cow or something. It wasn't until we got right up next to it we realised it was a fish."
It is thought the fish floated up passed Bristol and Avonmouth on the recent high tides to where it beached on Minsterworth in the Forest of Dean.
Dai Francis of the Severn and Wye Smokery said: "This last week we have had some massive tides so it's probably followed the salmon and everything else up the river," he said.
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276268/binaries/tuna%204.png
"You do not usually get tuna in British waters but as the water temperature increases, they are getting spotted more and more.
"The water temperature in the River Severn is about 17 degrees, which is really warm for this time of year. That means all the fish from the West coast of France, the Bay of Biscay for instance, come around the corner and into the Bristol Channel.
"Basically the big fish follow the smaller fish and climate change means they come in further."
Expert Mr Francis said in years gone by North East ports were known for excellent tuna fishing and the rich would go there on their yachts to try and catch the species that are now more likely to be found in a can.
And although the fish in the Severn looks like a whopper, it probably can't compete with a 526lb tuna found off the coast of Scarborough.
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276268/binaries/tuna%202.png
Read more at http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/watch-tuna-fish-the-size-of-a-shark-spotted-in-river-severn/story-29753992-detail/story.html#cjksQuy0AOdkH0jV.99