Results of pop-up satellite tagging of spawning size class fish in the Gulf of Maine: Do North Atlantic bluefin tuna spawn in the mid-Atlantic?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-177

  Lutcavage, Molly E ^a   Brill, Richard W ^b,f   Skomal, Gregory B ^c   Chase, Bradford C ^d   Howey, Paul W ^e  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^e Telemetry 2000 Inc   (United States)

^f Southwest Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MOVEMENT; SPAWNING; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ANIMALIA; PERCIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS THYNNUS; THYNNUS;

EID: 0032984202     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-016     Document Type: Article

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