This area particularly the area affected by the spill comprises the only known spawning grounds for the western population of Atlantic bluefin tuna. The oil proved toxic to eggs, which float near the ...

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the largest ... where they go each year to spawn. They are among the most ambitiously migratory of all fish, and some tagged specimens have been tracked ...

HABITAT: Northern bluefin tuna are found throughout the North Atlantic Ocean. They can sustain cold and warm temperatures and frequently dive to depths of 500 to 1,000 meters. Spawning habitat for the ...

ICCAT also continued to ignore long-standing calls to establish sanctuaries in key bluefin tuna spawning grounds such as the Balearic Islands off Spain. “Common sense says that a trade ban supported ...

Barcelona, Spain: According to WWF, two large non-Mediterranean fleets have been spotted in some of the main Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing grounds over the last two weeks Barcelona, Spain: ...

In South African and broader African waters, tuna face unique challenges. Overfishing by industrial fleets, including foreign ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Port Arthur man and his friends reeled in their 'white whale' last week, well in this case a massive bluefin tuna that one would be forgiven in mistaking for a whale.

Growing numbers of bluefin tuna are being seen in the waters around ... which is currently the most important spawning ground, and that will affect adult abundance a few years later.“ ...

NAGS HEAD, N.C. — For many fishermen, catching a bluefin tuna from the pier or shore would be the catch of a lifetime. “I don’t think I’d ever imagine hooking up with one off a pier," said ...

Fisherman David Shepard with his massive 721 pound bluefin tuna caught in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Pensacola angler David Shepard experienced the catch of a lifetime on ...

Pensacola angler David Shepard experienced the catch of a lifetime on Tuesday evening, reeling in a 107-inch bluefin tuna weighing in at 721 pounds. The fish is only a few inches short of Florida ...