Title: An assessment of Atlantic bluefin tuna /
Authors: National Research Council (U.S.).; Magnuson, John J.; National Research Council (U.S.).; National Research Council (U.S.).
Date: 1994
Publisher: National Academy Press,
Physical description: xviii, 148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: S
Contents: Background -- ICCAT Regulations for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna -- Issues in Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Management -- Purpose of This Study -- Historical Evidence for Stock Structure -- Concept of Stocks -- History of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Stock Designations -- Genetic Studies -- Life History Parameters -- Climate -- Movement Based on Nongenetic Markers -- Transatlantic Movement of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna -- Tag-Recapture Data -- West to East -- East to West -- Reanalysis of Tagging Data -- Methods -- Results -- Fish Stock Assessment -- Growth -- Standardization of Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Catch Rates (CPUEs) -- Population Assessment -- The Two-Area Mixed-Stock Case. Conclusions and Recommendations -- A. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- C. Genetic Variation in Other Tunas and Related Fish -- D. Archival Tag Technology -- E. Evidence for Mixing Based on Parasites -- F. Microconstituent Analysis.
Notes: Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA contract no. 50-DGNC-3-00016. Committee chairman: John J. Magnuson.
Subject headings (LCSH): Bluefin tuna.; Tuna fisheries--Atlantic Ocean.