date:May 08, 2014
th Pacific Ocean, including Japanese waters, biomass of fish of a size capable of spawning totaled about 26,000 MT in 2012, down 40 percent from the historical average of 43,000 MT since 1952.
The report projects the results of various possible recovery plans, and finds that only by halving catches of fish under age three in the West Central Pacific Ocean from the 2002-2004 average, and also halving the total harvest in the Eastern North Pacific from 5,500 MT to 2750 MT, can Pacific bluefin tun