| Reference no. | Anonymous, 2009 |
| Ecosystem | New Zealand Shelf |
| Status | native |
| Abundance | occasional (usually not seen) |
| Lifestage | adults |
| Regional database | |
| Remarks | Pacific bluefin tuna constitutes a single Pacific-wide stock that is primarily distributed in the northern hemisphere. In 2006 several Pacific bluefin were tagged in New Zealand waters using Pop-off Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs), and all tags that have |