Accusations of overfishing and unfair practices are fuelling tensions at an international tuna summit being held this week on ...

It is obvious that much still needs doing to strengthen the management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean. “Comments from some IOTC members who question moves to improve the management ...

While many species of tuna are caught using the same techniques ... For example, the status of yellowfin tuna fisheries in ...

At a meeting this month, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission set quotas for members ... down by 6 percent from its average catch of the species over the past five years. However, Japan’s total ...

Tuna stocks are increasingly threatened worldwide, due to overfishing and lack of effective management. In the Indian Ocean, difficulties in efficiently managing highly migratory tuna stocks at ...

Industrial fleets from top fishing countries operating in the Indian Ocean and targeting export-market species such as tuna and squid are likely to disable monitoring systems to fish more than ...

Meanwhile, the ISSF is emphasizing the need for science-based fisheries management, and the IPNLF urges the IOTC to adopt precautionary catch limits for skipjack tuna ...

Due to its popularity, at least one third of tuna species are fished at unsustainable levels. Unless action is taken, tuna will no longer be able to contribute to ocean health or the food system. WWF ...

The bluefin tuna, one of the world's most remarkable ocean creatures, is in trouble and needs your ... as endangered or critically endangered on its “Red List” of imperiled species. The Pacific ...

Bluefin tuna are an ocean-going fish that grow up to 10 feet long and can ... The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists two species of bluefin, the Atlantic and the southern, as ...