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Electronic tagging and population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna
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Electronic tags that archive or transmit stored data to satellites have advanced the mapping of habitats used by highly migratory fish in pelagic ecosystems. Here we report on the electronic tagging of 772 Atlantic bluefin tuna in the western Atlantic Ocean in an effort to identify population structure. Reporting electronic tags provided accurate location data that show the extensive migrations of individual fish (n = 330). Geoposition data delineate two populations, one using spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and another from the Mediterranean Sea. Transatlantic movements of western-tagged bluefin tuna reveal site fidelity to known spawning areas in the Mediterranean Sea. Bluefin tuna that occupy western spawning grounds move to central and eastern Atlantic foraging grounds. Our results are consistent with two populations of bluefin tuna with distinct spawning areas that overlap on North Atlantic foraging grounds. Electronic tagging locations, when combined with US pelagic longline observer and logbook catch data, identify hot spots for spawning bluefin tuna in the northern slope waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Restrictions on the time and area where longlining occurs would reduce incidental catch mortalities on western spawning grounds.
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“Northern bluefin tuna, for example, can dive to depths in excess of 1000 m, encountering an exceptionally wide thermal range (Block et al. 2005).”
From Effects of temperature on global patterns of tuna and billfish richness (2008) · cites this paper as Block et al. 2005
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“and northern bluefin are known to undertake trans-Atlantic migrations spanning a wide range of thermal habitats (Block et al. 2005).”
From Effects of temperature on global patterns of tuna and billfish richness (2008) · cites this paper as Block et al. 2005
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“Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (BFT) is a highly migratory species that travels long distances between cold-water foraging areas and warm, oligotrophic spawning areas (Block et al. 2005, Rooker et al. 2007, Galuardi et al. 2010).”
From Comparison between environmental characteristics of larval bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus habitat in the Gulf of Mexico and western Mediterranean Sea (2013) · cites this paper as Block et al. 2005
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“Results from this study generally agreed well with previous published research, suggesting that BFT spawn in warm, oligotrophic, offshore areas within the GOM and western Mediterranean Sea (Block et al. 2005, Teo et al. 2007, Alemany et al. 2010, Muhling et al. 2010, 2012, Reglero et al. 2012).”
From Comparison between environmental characteristics of larval bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus habitat in the Gulf of Mexico and western Mediterranean Sea (2013) · cites this paper as Block et al. 2005
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“At this time, adults presumably leave their spawning areas and migrate back to cooler feeding grounds in the North Atlantic (Block et al. 2005).”
From Comparison between environmental characteristics of larval bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus habitat in the Gulf of Mexico and western Mediterranean Sea (2013) · cites this paper as Block et al. 2005
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“Tagged adult BFT have been shown to migrate from the open Atlantic into the Mediterranean as far as Sicily (Block et al. 2005)”
From Comparison between environmental characteristics of larval bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus habitat in the Gulf of Mexico and western Mediterranean Sea (2013) · cites this paper as Block et al. 2005
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- Authors
- Block, B. A., Teo, S. L. H., Walli, A., Boustany, A., Stokesbury, M. J. W., Farwell, C. J., Weng, K. C., Dewar, H., & Williams, T. D.
- Affiliations
- Hopkins Marine Station (US)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Block, Barbara A.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2005-04
- Volume
- 434
- Issue
- 7037
- Pages
- 1121-1127
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2005587094
- Cited by
- 781
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 35.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Keywords
- Thunnus thynnus, electronic monitoring, population structure (demography), transatlantic migration, spawning grounds, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, site fidelity, foraging habitat, fisheries conservation, highly migratory fish
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Animal Identification Systems, Atlantic Ocean, Electronics, Environment, Feeding Behavior, Mediterranean Sea, Mexico, Population Dynamics, Reproduction, Seawater, Temperature, Time Factors, Tuna, Animal Migration
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