Pacific bluefin tuna, which are a separate species from Atlantic and southern bluefin, live throughout the Pacific Ocean. They travel enormous distances over their lives and tagging studies have ...
Bluefin tuna are an ocean-going fish that grow up to 10 feet long and can ... on its “Red List” of imperiled species. The Pacific bluefin tuna is not yet listed, but overfishing is now occurring, ...
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 ...
According to the assessment conducted in 2014 bluefin tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific are still highly depleted with no sign of rebuilding their numbers. Pablo Guerrero, WWF Eastern Pacific Ocean ...
In the 1960s the amount of parent bluefin tuna fish stocks in the Pacific Ocean was estimated at more than 100,000 tons, but after that it declined significantly due to overfishing.
Quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna in western and central parts of the Pacific Ocean were increased in 2022. That came after extensive restrictions on catches led to the recovery of the bluefin tuna ...
In a historic decision, The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)—one of five global tuna regional ...
Ecuador – Inability to agree on a recovery plan for Pacific bluefin tuna at a meeting of the fisheries commission for the eastern Pacific Ocean presents a major risk to the seriously depleted species.
The global conference introduced catch quotas for each member in 2015 to prevent overfishing after bluefin tuna numbers in the Pacific Ocean plummeted from 156,000 tons in 1961 to 11,000 tons in 2010.
Pacific bluefin tuna are top predators renowned for their epic migrations across the Pacific Ocean. They are also unique amongst bony fish as they are warm bodied (endothermic) and are capable of ...
Pacific bluefin tuna, which are a separate species from Atlantic and southern bluefin, live throughout the Pacific Ocean. They travel enormous distances over their lives and tagging studies have ...