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The Pacific bluefin tuna is one of the most elusive fish found in waters off the California coast.

Those countries fish nearly all the bluefin caught in the region. While their numbers have risen quickly, Pacific bluefin tuna are still at less than a quarter of their historical abundance.

Today, fishing fleets stalk the fish across thousands of miles of ocean with helicopters, GPS and sonar. In 1950, about 600,000 tons of tuna were caught worldwide.