Fish meat is examined in a lab. Bluefin tuna are worth a lot - up to $3 million for a single fish, to be exact. The large price tag is due, in part, to the fish’s status as an endangered species.

When a massive bluefin tuna sold in 2019 for a record-breaking $3.1 million at Tokyo’s then brand-new Toyosu fish market, it brought renewed attention to how extraordinarily valuable bluefin is. And ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Spend enough time in the world of fisheries science, and you’re likely to hear an adage, coined by a researcher named John Shepherd, that neatly ...

A Japanese sushi company left the first auction of the New Year in Tokyo with a fish the size of a motorcycle, paying $1.3 million for the huge catch. The buyer, Onodera Group, bought the 608-pound ...

Few fish are more impressive than big tuna when it comes to power and athleticism. Their fight can leave anglers with numb arms and busted tackle. And when it comes to trophy quality on the plate, few ...

In April of 2025, a group of anglers off the coast of Galveston, Texas caught a monster-sized bluefin tuna. The previous state record was a whopping 876 lbs., but the bluefin hoisted aboard the ...

In Chapter 45 (“The Affidavit”) of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” Ishmael notes the need to share some preliminary information “in order to be adequately understood, and moreover to take away any ...

How big are tuna? That all depends on the species. But no matter what kind you have on the end of your line, your shoulders and arms are going to get a workout reeling it in. If you happen to be ...