Bad news for big fish like tuna. Top researchers at the University of Miami and the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) have reviewed the IUCN Red List (http://www.iucnredlist.org/) for several (61) species of big ocean-going fish. The IUCN Red List is the official site where the conservation status of species are listed, e.g. 'least concern', 'vulnerable', 'endangered', 'extinct' etc. Based on the results of their study, they have added seven species of big fish to the 'threatened with extinction' category and four other species to the 'near threatened' category.
See the review article in Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725091713.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate%2Foceanography+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News+--+Oceanography%29
or the academic article in Science:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6040/291.summary
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