ANOTHER PECULIAR SITUATION FOR YOY OF BLUEFIN TUNA (THUNNUS THYNNUS) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN 2016

The possible effects of the hottest temperatures recorded in 2016 (the hottest so far) on the bluefin tuna reproductive biology have been discussed by the SCRS in the past, but the situation in 2016 was very different. After collecting some detailed samples and data about the presence of YOY in various parts of the Mediterranean Sea, an unusual situation can be observed, showing different size-at-time by area in late summer-fall 2016, possibly mirroring early, late, fractioned and continued spawnings and different growth rates. These fish might result in future problems for age readings and ALK at least for the juveniles of bluefin tunas born in 2016. This paper provides the growth curves for the many cohorts of bluefin tuna YOY which have been detected and that were born in 2016

ANOTHER PECULIAR SITUATION FOR YOY OF BLUEFIN TUNA (THUNNUS THYNNUS) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN 2016

The possible effects of the hottest temperatures recorded in 2016 (the hottest so far) on the bluefin tuna reproductive biology have been discussed by the SCRS in the past, but the situation in 2016 was very different. After collecting some detailed samples and data about the presence of YOY in various parts of the Mediterranean Sea, an unusual situation can be observed, showing different size-at-time by area in late summer-fall 2016, possibly mirroring early, late, fractioned and continued spawnings and different growth rates. These fish might result in future problems for age readings and ALK at least for the juveniles of bluefin tunas born in 2016. This paper provides the growth curves for the many cohorts of bluefin tuna YOY which have been detected and that were born in 2016