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

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Wales
cg.description.themeMiscellaneous themesen_US
cg.identifier.statusOpen access
cg.identifier.worldfish3085
cg.subject.agrovocOceans
cg.subject.agrovoctuna
cg.subject.worldfishstocking
dc.creatorPitcher, T.J.
dc.creatorHemphill, S.C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-22T04:58:02Z
dc.date.available2019-04-22T04:58:02Z
dc.date.issued1989
dc.description.abstractAn 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.
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dc.identifier.citationFisbyte 7 (3): 15-17
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/3278
dc.languageen
dc.publisherICLARM
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.sourceFisbyte
dc.titleStock assessment of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) based on data from a sport fishery
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPitcher, 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
worldfish.location.areaIndian Ocean

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