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.

WWF deplores that tuna managers once again are deferring meaningful action on bigeye tuna conservation by denying effective management measures adopted at the Western Central Pacific Fisheries ...

Bigeye tuna are under threat because authorities are failing to recognize the dire extent of overfishing. If protection measures are not put in place, says WWF and TRAFFIC, the tuna stocks are at ...

Tuna is awash in helpful nutrients like iron and omega-3 fatty acids—not to mention delicious in sushi, salads, and sandwiches—but it is also known for one ingredient that’s not so beneficial: mercury ...

A colossal 180 pound bigeye tuna has been caught off the coast of Venice, Louisiana. London Rosiere, a deck-hand for Paradise Outfitters, hooked the big-eyed behemoth with her first bait, which was ...

The following story is from Suisan Keizai, Japan's leading newspaper specializing in seafood and fishery, in partnership with Undercurrent News: The wholesale prices of frozen bigeye tuna at a ...

The Ocean City Tuna Tournament took place last week, with 109 boats competing for over $1 million over the course of its three days. And for one of the competing boats, not only did they bring home ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific nations have agreed to cut their catches of bigeye tuna by 30 percent by 2011 in order to help preserve the fish that is popular in the region served raw as sushi and ...