Assessment unit

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Associated purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Associated purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Associated purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Korea, Republic of

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Korea, Republic of

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Marshall Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Marshall Islands

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Micronesia, Federated States of

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Micronesia, Federated States of

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Papua New Guinea

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Papua New Guinea

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Solomon Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Solomon Islands

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Taiwan, Province of China

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Taiwan, Province of China

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Drifting longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Associated purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Bottom-set longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Associated purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

French Polynesia

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Gillnets and entangling nets

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Handlines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Mechanized lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Korea, Republic of

Associated purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Korea, Republic of

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Korea, Republic of

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Drifting longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Pole-lines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Marshall Islands

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Micronesia, Federated States of

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Micronesia, Federated States of

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Micronesia, Federated States of

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Papua New Guinea

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Papua New Guinea

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Drifting longlines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Handlines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Hooks and lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Mechanized lines

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Pole-lines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

Pole-lines hand operated

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Solomon Islands

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Taiwan, Province of China

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Taiwan, Province of China

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

FAD-free purse seining

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

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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