(SALES, 2010; ROY et al., 2011). Although currently almost all tuna is wild-caught, tuna aquaculture technology continues to develop; one additional objective of this technology is to prevent the depletion of natural stocks by overfishing (ROY et al., 2010; MIYAKE et al., 2011). Despite the nutritive aspect, the consumption of tuna and other fishes belonging to the Scomberesocidae and Scombridae families has been associated with histamine poisoning, a food-borne illness.