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Meanings of skipjack in английском
Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna.
Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound.
Synonyms
Examples for "click beetle"
Examples for "click beetle"
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You'll also learn about the Brazilian Click Beetle whose larvae burrow into termite moundas lighting them up like Christmas trees.
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Wireworms and their adult forms, click beetles, are devoured by the northern phalarope, woodcock, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover.
Oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito.
Usage of skipjack in английском
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But some in the industry even have fears about the relatively healthy skipjack stocks.
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We only caught sixty ton of skipjack around San Benedict.
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The EU vessels will target skipjack tuna but Te Ipukarea is concerned at the impact on other species.
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New Zealand's Pacific Economic Ambassador Shane Jones has welcomed a move to cut back on skipjack tuna catches.
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We hit a chubasco, they don't pay you for skipjack the way they do for tuna or albacore.
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Names won't sometimes, and there's a formality in Lucas that would never fit that skipjack of a boy.
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The PNA also wanted other Pacific nations to back plans to ensure the sustainability of the skipjack tuna fishery.
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Mr Beer says members are aware the Spanish purse seiners will be targeting skipjack tuna, which has a healthy population.
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Mr Brownjohn said volume continues to increase and now accounts for nearly one-third of all skipjack caught in PNA waters.
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Then the new moon showed as a silver fish, balancing on its tail and arching itself like a hooked skipjack.
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Oh, yes, to be sure, he is nothing but a skipjack such as one makes out of a chicken bone!
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PNA represents the eight island nations that control waters where 50 percent of the world's supply of skipjack tuna is caught.
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Under the agreement the Cook Islands will receive almost $US7-million for allowing four European purse seiners to fish for skipjack tuna.
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The eight member nations which make up the powerful fisheries bloc controls waters where 50 percent of the world's supply of skipjack tuna is caught.
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Photo: AFP Under the agreement the Cook Islands will receive almost $US7 million for allowing four European purse seiners to fish for skipjack tuna.
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Look here, Skipjack, we will be fellow-soldiers every way.
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