A bear-sized bluefin tuna has been sold at a Tokyo market for ¥207 million ($1.3 million), boasting enough fishy flesh to ...

Bluefin tuna is one of the most prized fish in the world, celebrated for its rich flavor and iconic status in Japanese ...

A bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million at an auction in Tokyo on Sunday morning, making it one of the most expensive tuna to be ...

In recent decades, the populations have declined severely from overfishing and illegal fishing ... sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting ...

2. Eel Unagi, or freshwater Japanese eel, can cost more than bluefin tuna. It has been a delicacy for thousands of years, but over time, overfishing has led to a decline in eel populations ...

In the category of life below water, serious pollution and overfishing were cited as factors behind the lowest assessment. The report also said Japan’s measures to protect endangered species ...

Overfishing, poaching and climate change were ... plants under the Washington Convention and in other forums. After the Japanese eel was given endangered listing in 2014, four nations and regions ...

In 2017, Japan was among the tuna-fishing nations to reach a historic agreement imposing strict quotas on fishing of the species, after overfishing caused its population to dwindle to less than 3 ...