The Pacific bluefin tuna, a species distinct from the overfished Atlantic bluefin, has been depleted to less than 3 percent of its estimated unfished levels, according to numerous researchers.

PORTLAND, Maine – The bluefin tuna has escaped being placed on the endangered species list, but the majestic fish prized by sushi lovers will be listed as a "species of concern" by the federal ...

Bluefin tuna are hunted as a delicacy, but some species are endangered. Learn about the conservation status of these fast-swimming predator fish.

Listing the bluefin as threatened or endangered would have jeopardized the livelihood of tuna fishermen, said Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. The U.S. accounts for about 5 percent of the global ...

An endangered species listing also might have blocked Mexico — whose fishermen catch bluefin and raise them in large ocean pens — from shipping Pacific bluefin tuna out of U.S. ports.

PORTLAND, Maine — The bluefin tuna has escaped being placed on the endangered species list, but the majestic fish prized by sushi lovers will be listed as a “species of concern” by the ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The bluefin tuna has escaped being placed on the endangered species list, but the majestic fish prized by sushi lovers will be listed as a “species of concern” by the ...

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Environmentalists are demanding that one of the most prized fishes on the planet be listed as an endangered species. Last week, about a dozen environmental groups — including Greenpeace, the Center ...

Environmental groups have asked the U.S. to give the prized fish protection under the Endangered Species Act. Some scientists and activists say the chances are slim but the action is long overdue.