Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares; YFT) is an apex marine predator inhabiting tropical and
sub-tropical pelagic waters. It supports the second largest tuna fishery in the world. Here, we …

Since the year 2000, the designation of remote, large‐scale marine protected areas
(LSMPAs) has closed over 15× 106 km2 of ocean to commercial fishing. Yet, while these …

The modern fishery stock assessment could be conducted by various models, such as Stock
Synthesis model with high data requirement and complicated model structure, and the basic …

Human-induced habitat modifications can severely impact the biology and behavior of wild
species. Drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs), used by industrial purse-seine tropical …

How the size of female yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) affects their spawning capability
and fecundity is still an open and unresolved question due to the difficulties in investigating …

Traditional stock assessments require, in part, accurate knowledge of growth relationships to
estimate a variety of aspects involved in population conservation management of exploited …

Allometry relationships are essentials tools used in stock assessment. Among them, the
most used are those relating weight to length. These relationships must be regularly …

Yellowfin tuna is one of the important pelagic fishery commodities in the Bone Bay waters,
exploited using hand lines and pole and line. This study aims to compare the size structure …

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a valuable food fish commodity and a main fishery
target in West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. However, the large number of juvenile …

Ecological traps occurs when animals choose low-quality habitats, leading to a reduction in
their reproduction and survival. In the marine environment, this phenomenon has received …