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Tuna

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Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares


All species except Skipjack

  • All stocks of tuna are largely fully exploited and many are over-fished
  • Southern bluefin tuna is listed as Critically Endangered while bigeye tuna is Vulnerable
  • The main two methods used to catch tuna, purse seine nets and longlines, have a very high rate of bycatch of small fish, sharks, marlin, swordfish and turtles
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