Profile updated on 4 March 2020
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.
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Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
≥ 6
Managers Compliance:
≥ 6
Fishers Compliance:
≥ 6