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Assessment unit

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Korea, Republic of

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Korea, Republic of

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Marshall Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Marshall Islands

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Micronesia, Federated States of

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Micronesia, Federated States of

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Papua New Guinea

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Papua New Guinea

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Solomon Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Solomon Islands

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Taiwan, Province of China

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Taiwan, Province of China

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Drifting longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Associated purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Bottom-set longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Associated purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

French Polynesia

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Gillnets and entangling nets

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Handlines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Mechanized lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Korea, Republic of

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Korea, Republic of

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Drifting longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Pole-lines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Micronesia, Federated States of

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Micronesia, Federated States of

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Micronesia, Federated States of

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Papua New Guinea

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Papua New Guinea

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Handlines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Mechanized lines

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

Pole-lines hand operated

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Taiwan, Province of China

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Taiwan, Province of China

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Fishery:

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Profile updated on 4 March 2020

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Thunnus albacares

SPECIES NAME(s)

Yellowfin tuna

Yellowfin tuna are considered a single population in the western and central Pacific Ocean for stock assessment purposes. There is the potential for some mixing between eastern and western stocks to occur(Davies et al. 2014).

The Vietnamese handline and longline fishery improvement project, run by WWF Coral Triangle, WWF Vietnma and VinaTuna, was initiated in 2012.

RELATED LINKS:

See this species on FishBase
Management Entities:
Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

ANALYSIS

Strengths

Yellowfin tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are managed at the international level by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).

FISHSOURCE SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

≥ 6

Managers Compliance:

≥ 6

Fishers Compliance:

≥ 6

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