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Evidence of discrete yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) populations demands rethink of management for this globally important resource.
Scientific reports - 23 Nov 2015
Grewe P M, Feutry P, Hill P L, Gunasekera R M, Schaefer K M, Itano D G, Fuller D W, Foster S D, Davies C R
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Tropical tuna fisheries are central to food security and economic development of many regions of the world. Contemporary population assessment and management generally assume these fisheries exploit a single mixed spawning population, within ocean basins. To date population genetics has lacked the required power to conclusively test this assumption. Here we demonstrate heterogeneous population structure among...
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