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"The recovery of Pacific bluefin tuna has achieved a major milestone—the
species exceeded international targets a decade ahead of schedule. The
rebuilding of Pacific bluefin tuna reflects a fisheries management success.
International organizations cooperated across the Pacific to reverse decades of
overfishing for the prized species.
The International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the
North Pacific Ocean (ISC), including NOAA Fisheries researchers, provided
scientific expertise to inform conservation measures. The Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission (WCPFC) adopted these measures.
The ISC recently finalized the new stock assessment at the annual meeting in
Victoria, Canada. The assessment confirmed that the stock reached the second
rebuilding target in 2021. If the current management measures persist, the
population growth is expected to continue growing.
“This is an amazingly resilient fish and the new assessment is showing us that.
While the population is thriving, ongoing monitoring of data quality is
essential to ensure the continued accuracy of the assessment,” said Dr. Huihua
Lee, a research mathematical statistician at NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest
Fisheries Science Center who led the work on the stock assessment in the United
States. “It also demonstrates the success of coordinated scientific efforts
taken by the member countries through the ISC.”
Dr. Lee said the stock assessments translate decades of high-quality data on
Pacific bluefin and a thorough understanding of the biology of the species into
accurate predictions of future trends."
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