INDONESIA’S position amid the coral triangle of the world makes the waters in the country a favorite region of migration for tuna. Chairman of the Indonesian Tuna Commission Purwito Martosubroto says tuna are fond of waters with high salinity. They are, among others, in the Indian Ocean and eastern Indonesia, which has few rivers.

Blufefin was the first tuna species categorized as endangered in 2008. Its high economic value has prompted the g