The aquarium’s Seafood Watch upgraded some bluefin caught off the coast of California and Mexico from red (avoid) to yellow (good alternative).

Blue fin tuna ranching is also being done in Mexico, targeting populations of the smaller-sized Pacific blue fin that are thought to be in better shape that their Atlantic cousins. But given that ...

In January 2013 scientists released an assessment that estimated a 96.4 percent decline of Pacific bluefin tuna from unfished levels. Catch limits were implemented for the first time in the eastern ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists two species of bluefin, the Atlantic and the southern, as endangered or critically endangered, on its “Red List” of imperiled species. The ...

There are three species of bluefin tuna: Pacific (Thunnus orientalis), Southern (Thunnus maccoyii), and Atlantic (Thunnus thynnus), the latter of which is the largest. Revered for their “rich ...

Inaction presents a major risk to the seriously depleted species Guayaquil, Ecuador – Inability to agree on a recovery plan for Pacific bluefin tuna at a meeting of the fisheries commission for the ...

Tuna hauls around the islands of Hachijojima and Miyakejima are on the rise, as catch quotas have been expanded thanks to the ...

It’s hard to fathom just how far a Pacific bluefin tuna travels over its lifetime, or the odds a tuna overcomes to reach adulthood. The majority of Pacific bluefin are born during spawning ...

If the WCPFC fails to act to save the Pacific bluefin stock, global conservation organization WWF and an alliance of NGOs will call for a complete moratorium on the commercial fishery. WWF warns that ...

An international conference to discuss the management of bluefin tuna stocks in the Pacific Ocean came to a close on Tuesday. The participants agreed to a 50-percent increase in the catch quota ...