An Assessment of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

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Publication Year:1994

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Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, National Research Council
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This book reviews and evaluates the scientific basis of U.S. management of fisheries for Atlantic bluefin tuna. In particular, it focuses on the issues of stock structure and stock assessments used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Summary	1-4	(skim)
1 Background	5-8	(skim)
2 Historical Evidence for Stock Structure	9-38	(skim)
3 Transatlantic Movement of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna	39-78	(skim)
4 Fish Stock Assessment	79-108	(skim)
5 Conclusions and Recommendations	109-112	(skim)
References	113-118	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	119-122	(skim)
Appendix B: Bibliography	123-126	(skim)
Appendix C: Genetic Variation in Other Tunas and Related Fish	127-134	(skim)
Appendix D: Archival Tag Technology	135-138	(skim)
Appendix E: Evidence for Mixing Based on Parasites	139-146	(skim)
Appendix F: Microconstituent Analysis	147-148	(skim)

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This book reviews and evaluates the scientific basis of U.S. management of fisheries for Atlantic bluefin tuna. In particular, it focuses on the issues of stock structure and stock assessments used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service for management under the International Convention for the conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

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