A rare run of bluefin tuna off North Carolina's Outer Banks has pier anglers hooking giants just yards from the beach.

With a massive school of bluefin tuna on top ... The trip Wednesday was the first fishing trip on the Gulf of Mexico for the new 80-foot Viking owned by Warren Williamson of Alabama.

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the largest ... as well as the tropical waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea, where they go each year to spawn. They are among the most ...

In spring 2010, the western Atlantic bluefin tuna took a hit at the height of its spawning season: Scientists estimate that BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico killed between 10 and 20 ...

Instead of selling their tuna as soon as it reaches an acceptable fat content for the sushi/sashimi market, Baja raises it ...

The Atlantic bluefin's plight was made much worse in spring 2010 when BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico fouled prime spawning ground. Scientists estimate the spill killed 20 percent of juvenile ...

But because many populations of Atlantic bluefin are considered severely ... set to conserve the species. Blue fin tuna ranching is also being done in Mexico, targeting populations of the smaller ...