The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the largest, fastest, and most gorgeously colored of all the world’s fishes. Their torpedo-shaped, streamlined bodies are built for speed and endurance.

Unlike almost all fish, bluefin tuna are warm-blooded and able to regulate their body temperature, which helps during their epic journeys across the Atlantic. Bluefin tuna are top ocean predators and ...

And the situation seems to be improving. In 2021, yellowfin, albacore, and the Atlantic bluefin tuna were removed from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Meanwhile, the status of the Southern ...

Since 1970, western Atlantic bluefin tuna have declined by about 70 percent due to overfishing. Halfway through a 20-year government “rebuilding program” for the severely depleted population, there ...

In the Mediterranean Sea, a relatively new aquaculture industry is “ranching” one of the world's largest wild fish species, the giant Atlantic bluefin tuna. Driven largely by the growing ...

Southern bluefin tuna and Atlantic bluefin tuna. All three species are used in sushi and sashimi. Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) is the most expensive fish in the world. In 2019 ...

Researchers are investigating the reappearance of Atlantic bluefin tuna off Scotland. The fish were once a common sight around the British Isles, before disappearing in the 1990s. In the last five ...

Bluefin tuna were once a common sight in British waters Atlantic bluefin tuna are to be caught, satellite tagged and then released in an effort to better understand the reappearance of the fish ...

Discussion of a long-awaited proposal to ban international commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna was cut short today at the largest wildlife trade convention when an immediate vote was pushed ...

Japan, Canada and several Arab League countries yesterday (18 March) rejected a proposal to effectively suspend international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks are no longer threatened ...

There has been a dramatic increase in sightings of Atlantic bluefin tuna off the Pembrokeshire coast in the last two months according to conservation charity Sea Trust. According to the World Wildlife ...