This article originally appeared on Undark. Spend enough time in the world of fisheries science, and you’re likely to hear an adage, coined by a researcher named John Shepherd, that neatly ...

Tuna are among the most recognisable fish in the world and a common staple on dinner plates. Yet behind their familiar appearance lies a surprising truth: some tuna species can grow to truly enormous ...

In April of 2025, a group of anglers off the coast of Galveston, Texas caught a monster-sized bluefin tuna. The previous state record was a whopping 876 lbs., but the bluefin hoisted aboard the ...

After ICCAT’s Scientific Committee (SCRS1) gathered in the last days in Madrid to assess the situation of the bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean, WWF calls for cautious optimism ...

Atlantic bluefin tuna circle a holding pen near Malta. The Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico were long thought to be the only locales where the massively valuable fish spawns. Alex Mustard / ...

For 3,000 years, demand for bluefin tuna has existed in uneasy balance with its natural ability to reproduce and thrive. The following is an excerpt from Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and ...

Despite a recent abundance of bluefin tuna near the shore, fishermen could not catch them as the previous quota had been met. An increase to the bluefin tuna quota was agreed to by the International ...

Researchers at the ESRF - the European Synchrotron-, together with CNRS, ENS Lyon and the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, have unveiled how Atlantic Bluefin tuna transforms the toxic form of ...