Optimal Management of the Northern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

The fate of Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Atlantic bluefin tuna: population dynamics, ecology, fisheries and management

Both old and new information on the biology and ecology of Atlantic bluefin tuna have confronted scientists with research challenges: research needs to be connected to current stockassessment and management issues. We review recent studies on habitat, migrations and population structure, stressing the importance of electronic tagging results in the modification of our perception of bluefin tuna...

Atlantic bluefin tuna spawn at suboptimal temperatures for their offspring.

Life-history traits such as spawning migrations and timing of reproduction are adaptations to specific environmental constraints and seasonal cycles in many organisms' annual routines. In this study we analyse how offspring fitness constrains spawning phenology in a large migratory apex predator, the Atlantic bluefin tuna. The reproductive schedule of Atlantic bluefin tuna varies between spawni...

Growth of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: Direct Age Estimates

New models were fit for recent samples of Atlantic bluefin tuna on the basis of annulus interpretations in otoliths. Samples were specified further based upon whether individuals originated in western or eastern nursery systems using otolith stable isotope analysis. A model fit to recent year-classes (after 1970) for western captured, western-origin Atlantic bluefin tuna yielded von Bertalanffy...

Correction: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Biometrics and Condition

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