Sizes of adult bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis in different areas of the western Pacific Ocean

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-62

  Itoh, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Movement; Pacific bluefin tuna; Size; Spawning

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 33645080971     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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