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The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is a tuna regional fishery management organisation, responsible for the management and conservation of tuna and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas. [1] The organization was established in 1966, at a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and ...
The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae. It is variously known as the northern bluefin tuna (mainly when including Pacific bluefin as a subspecies), giant bluefin tuna (for individuals exceeding 150 kg [330 lb]), and formerly as the tunny. Atlantic bluefins are native to both the western and ...
The Status of the World Fisheries for Tuna. The Foundation publishes a yearly report called The Status of the World Fisheries for Tuna, which compiles the most recent science to determine the health of the 19 tuna stocks which support commercial fishing. The most recently updated version of the assessment was released in December 2012.
A tuna (pl.: tunas or tuna) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae family.The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, [2] the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bullet tuna (max length: 50 cm or 1.6 ft, weight: 1.8 kg or 4 lb) up to the Atlantic bluefin tuna (max length: 4.6 m or 15 ft, weight: 684 kg or 1,508 lb), which ...
The Pacific bluefin tuna is primarily found in the North Pacific, ranging from the East Asian coast to the western coast of North America. [3][6] It is mainly a pelagic species found in temperate oceans, but it also ranges into the tropics and more coastal regions. [3] It typically occurs from the surface to 200 m (660 ft), [6] but has been ...
Director. Arnulfo Franco. Website. www.iattc.org. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (abbreviated IATTC) (Sp.: Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical) is a tuna regional fishery management organisation responsible for the conservation and management of tuna and other marine resources in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), also known as the Albacore tuna, is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi , from the Hawaiian ʻahi , a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna . [ 3 ]
Tuna penning is a practice used in marine aquaculture, in which smaller tuna are caught off shore and moved back to large, in-water enclosures. The pens are typically located in the relatively shallow waters of sheltered areas, such as bays or coves. [1] Tuna penning is primarily used for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABT), a highly profitable stock ...