''Battlefish'' is an American

reality television show Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

that follows the pursuits of several

fishing boats A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to fishing, catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial ...

as they search the

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for

albacore tuna The albacore (''Thunnus alalunga''), known also as the longfin tuna, is a species of tuna of the order Scombriformes. It is found in temperate and tropical waters across the globe in the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones. There are six distinct s ...

. The eight-episode first season debuted on

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on September 21, 2018. The show is produced by

Pilgrim Media Group Pilgrim Media Group (also known as Pilgrim Studios) is a television production company based in North Hollywood, California. It was founded in 1997 by Craig Piligian. It is best known for producing reality television shows for the Discovery Chan ...

. The series documents five fishing crews along the coasts of

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and

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during the 2017 fishing season.

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* * American English-language television shows Netflix original programming 2018 American television series debuts 2010s American reality television series Fishing television series {{US-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub