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... The historic popularity of fishing for bluefin tuna and their increasing market value have contributed to the calamitous exploitation of this species, especially in He Norm Atlantic Ocean. In response to concerns about the declining abundance of bluefin tuna in the North Atlantic Ocean during the mid-1960s, and in recognition of the need for coordinated international management of highly migratory fish species in the Atlantic Ocean, the International Convention for the Conservation of Atiantic Tunas was signed in 1966.
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... Accordingly, He Ocean Studies Board established the Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna to review and evaluate the scientific basis of U.S. management of fisheries for Atlantic bluefin tuna and to recommend research to resolve remaining stock structure issues.
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... The committee's reanalyses show that there is no evidence that abundance of western Atlantic bluefin tuna has changed significantly between 1988 and 1992. The committee recommends that NOAA/NMFS use alternative methods of data management, data analyses, and peer review for estimating abundance indices, movement rates, and mixed population assessments (as discussed in Chapters 3 and 4 of this report)
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... Such knowledge is essential in defining population genetic structure and useful for refining stock assessments. The committee recommends that the one-stock hypothesis be tested rigorously, using the most appropriate technologies capable of detecting contemporary population genetic structure.
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