In 2014, Pacific bluefin tuna were at their lowest levels ever. A report from an international scientific committee warned that their numbers had fallen to 2-5% of what they would be without fishing.
Bluefin tuna have been eaten by humans for centuries. However, in the 1970s, demand and prices for large bluefins soared worldwide, particularly in Japan, and commercial fishing operations found ...
Bluefin tuna are an ocean-going fish that grow up to 10 feet long and can weigh as much as 1,200 pounds. Unlike almost all fish, bluefin tuna are warm-blooded and able to regulate their body ...
Tuna is the most commercially valuable family of fish in the entire world and bluefin, typically used in sushi and sashimi, is the most expensive, says Sarah Glaser, senior director of the oceans ...
The bluefin tuna, one of the world's most remarkable ocean creatures, is in trouble and needs your help. Overfishing is driving this mighty warm-blooded fish toward the brink of extinction, and yet ...
A bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 36.04 million yen ($270,000), the top price at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on Jan.
As industrial boats prepare to set sail on Saturday for the annual Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing season on the Mediterranean Sea, WWF is urging all fishing countries to keep the fishery closed this ...