Following international action to end overfishing of Pacific bluefin tuna, a new stock assessment shows that the species is now increasing and includes many younger fish that will help accelerate its ...

The annual meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) concluded on Sept. 4 with an agreement to adopt a ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) called the return "one of the most exciting developments in our fisheries for decades" and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has ...

In September, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced some surprisingly good news. Four of the seven most commercially fished tuna species that appear on its Red List of ...

The Atlantic predator burst from the surface while hunting garfish off the south-west coast sending its prey hurtling into ...

Understanding how climate change and fishing pressure affect major commercial species productivity and body size is key to being able to adapt and ensure the future sustainability of the fisheries. In ...

It's tough to get away from mercury in a fish-heavy diet. As the decades have passed, mercury from power plants and factories has had plenty of time to spread through the oceans and seep into the ...

More than 100 ‘eagle rays’ were recorded gathering around a tuna ranch off the north-eastern coast of Malta. Scientists believe it is the largest aggregation of the species ever recorded. The ...

Bluefin tuna, a long-lived migratory species that accumulates mercury as it ages, can be used as a global barometer of the heavy metal and the risk posed to ocean life and human health, according to a ...