​Sponsored annually by the
​​​Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission , and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/NMFS​,
the Tuna Conference is a meeting of persons with scientific or commercial interest in tunas and tuna fisheries. It provides a forum for discussing all aspects of tunas and tuna-like species, their environment and species encountered with them, and interactions among and with them. The informal setting provided by the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Lodge ​fosters this unique opportunity to present results of ongoing investigations and budding theories, providing thereby a forum for stimulating interchange of viewpoints and information.