line classes, with fish in the and larger class from Hawai'i taking most of the heavier line-class records. Today, yellowfin tuna are a major sport fish pursued by sport fishermen in many parts of the world. Thousands of anglers fish for yellowfin tuna along the eastern seaboard of the United States, particularly in North Carolina and New England. Yellowfin are also a popular gamefish among anglers fishing from US Gulf Coast ports, San Diego, and other ports of southern California. Larger "long-range" boats in the San Diego fleet also fish in Mexican waters, searching for yellowfin tuna in many of the grounds that the San Diego pole-and-line tuna clippers used to fish. The yellowfin tuna is also a highly prized catch in the offshore sport fisheries of South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Sport fishing for yellowfin tuna exists on a smaller scale in many other parts of the world. Cuisine According to the Hawaii Seafood Buyers Guide, yellowfin tuna is widely used in raw fish dishes, especially sashimi. This fish is also excellent for grilling. Yellowfin is often served seared rare. Yellowfin buyers recognize two grades, "sashimi grade" and "other", although variation in the quality of "other" grades occurs. Different seafood sustainability guides come to different conclusions about whether yellowfin fishing is sustainable. The Audubon's Seafood Guide (a guide for what types of marine food products are not ecofriendly) lists troll-caught tuna as "OK", but labels long-line caught as "Be Careful". Yellowfin is becoming a popular replacement for the severely depleted supplies of southern bluefin tuna. In 2010, Greenpeace International added the yellowfin tuna to its seafood red list. The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a "list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries". References Further reading Listed as Near Threatened (v3.1). Atlantic yellowfin tuna NOAA FishWatch. Retrieved 4 November 2012. Pacific yellowfin tuna NOAA FishWatch. Retrieved 4 November 2012. External links The Journal of San Diego History Summer 1991, Volume 37, Number 3: 'Pole Fishing for Tuna, 1937–1941: An Interview with Edward S. Soltesz' yellowfin tuna Commercial fish Cosmopolitan fish Hawaiian cuisine Sport fish yellowfin tuna Taxa named by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre Cuisine of the Southern United States