Stock assessment of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) based on data from a sport fishery

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dc.creator	Pitcher, T.J.
dc.creator	Hemphill, S.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-22T04:58:02Z
dc.date.available	2019-04-22T04:58:02Z
dc.date.issued	1989
dc.identifier.citation	Fisbyte 7 (3): 15-17
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/3278
dc.description.abstract	An assessment is made of the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares ) stock, using data from a sport fishery in the Pemba Channel off the Kenya-Tanzania border in conjunction with commercial catch figures for theIndian Ocean. The long-term maximum sustainable yield is estimated to be around 113,000 tons/annum; dataindicate that catch levels of yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean exceed the MSY by a dangerous amount.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	En
dc.publisher	ICLARM
dc.rights	CC BY 4.0
dc.source	Fisbyte
dc.title	Stock assessment of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) based on data from a sport fishery
dc.type	Journal Article
dcterms.bibliographicCitation	Pitcher, T.J.; Hemphill, S.C. (1989). Stock assessment of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) based on data from a sport fishery. Fisbyte 7 (3): 15-17
cg.identifier.worldfish	3085
cg.subject.agrovoc	Oceans
cg.subject.agrovoc	tuna
cg.subject.worldfish	stocking
cg.contributor.affiliation	University of Wales
cg.identifier.status	Open access
cg.description.theme	Miscellaneous
worldfish.location.area	Indian Ocean