The gill-oxygen limitation theory (GOLT) provides mechanisms for key aspects of the biology
(food conversion efficiency, growth and its response to temperature, the timing of maturation …

Our understanding of the biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) has increased
profoundly in the last decade, and the progress is attributed to the development and …

1.1 The Mediterranean Sea...................................................................................................................
1.2 The fish fauna of the Mediterranean Sea …

Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is considered to be overfished, but the status of its
populations has been debated, partly because of uncertainties regarding the effects of …

Spawning behaviour of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) was investigated using
electronic satellite tags deployed in the western Mediterranean spawning ground, around …

The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is one of the tunas with the highest commercial
value and it is supporting the capture-based tuna aquaculture industry in the Mediterranean …

In this review we collected data on the length at maturity (L m) and maximum reported total
length (L max) of 565 Mediterranean marine fish stocks, representing 150 species, 68 …

Between 2005 and 2009, we deployed 58 miniature pop-up satellite archival tags (PSAT)
and 132 implanted archival tags on juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna (age 2–5) in the northwest …

Mature migrating Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) were captured in the
Mediterranean Sea with a purse seine and reared in floating cages for 2 to 3 years. During …

A histological analysis of ovaries was conducted to examine reproductive characteristics of
female Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844), in the …