Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean have been rising at a 3.8 percent annual rate since 1998, according to a new study. The findings, published online Monday in the journal ...

This video takes you straight into a kayak battle with hard charging yellowfin tuna out in the Pacific. You will see ...

It never hurts to throw a fishing pole and some tackle in the board bag when you're out there chasing the horizon, and some ...

Yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific also face collapse if a forthcoming management meeting doesn't dramatically change the way they are harvested, WWF warned ...

AS Pacific fishing nations end their first week of discussions on tuna, the question of Target Reference Points loom large on the agenda. AS Pacific fishing nations end their first week of discussions ...

Funafuti, Tuvalu — Kauaka Petaia guided his motorboat out of Tuvalu’s main lagoon at dawn and into the vast Pacific Ocean, where he and his nephew scanned the rolling horizon for signs of their ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Pacific island nations and environmentalists raised an alarm Sunday over destructive fishing methods and overfishing that they say are threatening bigeye tuna — the fish ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will join other Pacific nations next week in Manila to discuss a new plan aimed at limiting tuna catches in the South Pacific, a move designed to protect fish ...

After the frenzy was over off Mexico’s Pacific coast, the Excel’s Shawn Steward filed the best report of his young career as a long-range sportfishing captain. “Everybody on board has at least one ...

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Mercury concentrations in Hawaiian-caught bigeye and yellowfin tuna are steadily rising and mirror increases in North Pacific waters that have been linked to atmospheric mercury emissions from Asia.

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