Deep Dive into Seven Decades of Data Reveals Broader Spawning Distribution of Bluefin Tuna

A group of 16 scientists led by NOAA Fisheries but including partners from as far away as Poland and Mexico took a deep dive into scientific data collected decades ago and struck gold. Led by David Richardson of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Narragansett, RI, the group found that spawning grounds for the iconic bluefin tuna are more broadly distributed than previously thought.
Historically, bluefin tuna have been managed as two stocks—one that spawns in the Mediterranean Sea (the eastern) and the other that...
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