Ahi Tuna Steaks

Artisanal fisheries now also often fish for the lucrative sashimi market in many locations where international air shipment is possible.

Artisanal fishermen tend to employ assorted hook and line gear such as trolling lines, surface and deep handlines and longlines.
Elsewhere in the Pacific, small boat fishers in Hawaii, Tahiti and other Pacific islands supply local and in some cases foreign markets with fresh Ahi.

Handline-caught Ahi tuna is one of the few exports of the economy of St Helena.