Stock Assessment: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Rebounds
NOAA Fisheries scientists are heralding the recovery of Pacific bluefin tuna as a major milestone, saying the species exceeded international rebuilding targets a decade ahead of schedule.
In announcing the achievement on June 25, NOAA Fisheries credited international organizations across the Pacific with cooperating to reverse decades of overfishing for the prized species.
The International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean, including NOAA Fisheries researchers, provided scientific expertise to inform the needed conservation measures. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (IATTC) adopted the measures.
The new stock assessment was finalized recently by the ISC at an annual me...
