Both old and new information on the biology and ecology of Atlantic bluefin tuna have
confronted scientists with research challenges: research needs to be connected to current …

Current trends in marine ecosystems need to be interpreted against a solid understanding of
the magnitude and drivers of past changes. Over the last decade, marine scientists from …

Despite being one of the most common pieces of information used in assessing the status of
fish stocks, relative abundance indices based on catch per unit effort (cpue) data are …

Bakun, A., 2002: An empirical test for the existence of a generation-time-dependent
mechanism for the rapid adaptive response of fish populations to variations in ocean …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been strongly influenced by human activities for
millennia. Although the environmental history of its surrounding terrestrial ecosystems has …

In spite of its pivotal role in future implementations of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Management, current knowledge about tuna habitat preferences remains fragmented and …

We identify changes in the pelagic fish community of the tropical Pacific Ocean by
comparing recent data collected by observers on longline fishing vessels with data from a …

Bluefin tuna (BFT), highly prized among consumers, accumulate high levels of mercury (Hg)
as neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg). However, how Hg bioaccumulation varies among …

Within the framework of the TUNIBAL project that focused on Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus
thynnus) larval ecology, ichthyoplankton surveys were conducted from 2001 to 2005 off the …

The Atlantic bluefin tuna (hereafter referred to as “bluefin tuna”), one of the world's most
valuable and exploited fish species, has been declining in abundance throughout the …