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Shi M, Watson E, Conlon M, Sanguansri L, Augustin MA. Impact of Co-Delivery of EGCG and Tuna Oil within a Broccoli Matrix on Human Gut Microbiota, Phenolic Metabolites and Short Chain Fatty Acids In Vitro. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27030656. [PMID: 35163921 PMCID: PMC8839344 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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(-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and tuna oil (TO) are beneficial bioactive compounds. EGCG, TO or a combination of, delivered by broccoli by-products (BBP), were added to an in vitro anaerobic fermentation system containing human fecal inocula to examine their ability to generate short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), metabolize EGCG and change the gut microbiota population (assessed by 16 S gene sequencing). Following 24 h fermentation, EGCG was hydrolyzed to (-)-epigallocatechin and gallic acid. EGCG significantly inhibited the production of SCFA (p < 0.05). Total SCFA in facal slurries with BBP or TO-BBP (48–49 µmol/mL) were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than the negative control with cellulose (21 µmol/mL). EGCG-BBP and TO-EGCG-BBP treatment increased the relative abundance of Gluconacetobacter, Klebsiella and Trabulsiella. BBP and TO-BBP showed the greatest potential for improving gut health with the growth promotion of high butyrate producers, including Collinsella aerofaciens, Bacillus coagulans and Lactobacillus reuteri.
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- Meng Shi
- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China;
- Tea Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia; (L.S.); (M.A.A.)
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Kintore Ave., Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia;
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Kintore Ave., Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia;
- Correspondence:
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia; (L.S.); (M.A.A.)
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia; (L.S.); (M.A.A.)
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Bradley KA, Arkhipkin A. Age and growth of slender tuna (Allothunnus fallai) in an unexploited temperate population. J Fish Biol 2020; 97:1257-1261. [PMID: 32683711 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Many large predatory fishes are in decline and tuna sustainability is high on the global agenda. Slender tuna (SLT), Allothunnus fallai, is data-poor and a rare contemporary example of a globally unexploited temperate tuna. This study analysed 214 otoliths for age and growth of fish collected in the South Atlantic. Observed ages varied between 9 and 42 years for a size range of 68-90 cm fork length. We reveal important life history data for SLT before exploitation and underline the relevance of data-poor stocks in understanding wider questions for exploited tuna.
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- Kirsty A Bradley
- Falkland Islands Fisheries Department, Falkland Islands Government, Stanley, Falkland Islands
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft, UK
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- Falkland Islands Fisheries Department, Falkland Islands Government, Stanley, Falkland Islands
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Dickson JM, Dickson KA. Ontogenetic change in the amount and position of slow-oxidative myotomal muscle in relationship to regional endothermy in juvenile yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares. J Fish Biol 2019; 95:940-951. [PMID: 31294823 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Myotomal slow-oxidative muscle (SM) powers continuous swimming and generates heat needed to maintain elevated locomotor muscle temperatures (regional endothermy) in tunas. This study describes how the amount and distribution of myotomal SM increases with fish size and age in juvenile yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares in relationship to the development of regional endothermy. In T. albacares juveniles 40-74 mm fork length (LF ; n = 23) raised from fertilised eggs at the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Achotines Laboratory in Panama and larger juveniles (118-344 mm LF ; n = 5) collected by hook and line off of Oahu, Hawaii, USA, SM was identified by histochemical staining for the mitochondrial enzyme succinic dehydrogenase or by colour (in the two largest individuals). The cross-sectional area of myotomal SM at 60% LF , a position with maximal percentage of SM in larger T. albacares, increased exponentially with LF . The percentage of total cross-sectional area composed of SM at 60% LF increased significantly with both LF and age, suggesting that SM growth occurs throughout the size range of T. albacares juveniles studied. In addition, the percentage of SM at 60% LF that is medial increased asymptotically with LF . The increases in amount of SM and medial SM, along with the development of the counter-current heat-exchanger blood vessels that retain heat, allow larger tuna juveniles to maintain elevated and relatively stable SM temperatures, facilitating range expansion into cooler waters.
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- Juleen M Dickson
- Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA
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Ijima H, Jusup M, Takada T, Akita T, Matsuda H, Klanjscek T. Effects of environmental change and early-life stochasticity on Pacific bluefin tuna population growth. Mar Environ Res 2019; 149:18-26. [PMID: 31146254 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Species conservation and fisheries management require approaches that relate environmental conditions to population-level dynamics, especially because environmental conditions shift due to climate change. We combined an individual-level physiological model and a conceptually simple matrix population model to develop a novel tool that relates environmental change to population dynamics, and used this tool to analyze effects of environmental changes and early-life stochasticity on Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) population growth. We found that (i) currently, PBT population experiences a positive growth rate, (ii) somewhat surprisingly, stochasticity in early life survival increases this growth rate, (iii) sexual maturation age strongly depends on food and temperature, (iv) current fishing pressure, though high, is tolerable as long as the environment is such that PBT mature in less than 9 years of age (maturation age of up to 10 is possible in some environments), (v) PBT population growth rate is much more susceptible to changes in juvenile survival than changes in total reproductive output or adult survival. These results suggest that, to be effective, fishing regulations need to (i) focus on smaller tuna (i.e., juveniles and young adults), and (ii) mitigate adverse effects of climate change by taking into the account how future environments may affect the population growth.
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- Hirotaka Ijima
- National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Shizuoka, 424-0902, Japan.
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- Tokyo Tech World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Yokohama, 236-8648, Japan
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- Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan
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- Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Rudjer Bošković Institute, HR-10002, Zagreb, Croatia
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Betancor MB, Ortega A, de la Gándara F, Tocher DR, Mourente G. Performance, feed utilization, and hepatic metabolic response of weaned juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.): effects of dietary lipid level and source. Fish Physiol Biochem 2019; 45:697-718. [PMID: 30470945 PMCID: PMC6500510 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-018-0587-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Two trials were performed using extruded diets as on-growing feeds for weaned Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus; ABT) to establish adequate dietary levels of both lipid and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs), and impacts on lipid metabolism via liver gene expression. In trial A, ABT were fed with either a commercial feed (Magokoro®; MGK) as a reference diet or two experimental feeds differing in lipid levels (15 or 20%) using krill oil (KO) as the single lipid source in order to estimate suitable lipid content. Fish fed MGK displayed the highest growth, followed by 15KO, and therefore a dietary lipid content of 15% was considered preferable to 20% at this stage. In trial B, fish were fed MGK, 15KO, or a feed containing 15% lipid with a blend of KO and rapeseed oil (RO) (1:1, v/v; 15KORO). Fish fed 15KO and 15KORO showed no difference in weight gain, specific growth rate, and fork length. Increasing dietary lipid level or including vegetable oil, RO, in the feeds did not increase liver lipid content. Liver fatty acid compositions largely reflected dietary profiles confirming very limited endogenous LC-PUFA biosynthesis. Liver of ABT fed 15KO and 20KO displayed the highest contents of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). The hepatic expression of genes encoding enzymes and transcription factors involved in lipid and fatty acid metabolism, as well as genes encoding antioxidant enzymes, showed that many of these genes were regulated by dietary lipid and LC-PUFA content. Results suggested that ABT juveniles can be on-grown on inert dry feeds that support good fish growth and the accumulation of DHA.
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- Mónica B Betancor
- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4LA, UK.
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- Planta Experimental de Cultivos Marinos, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), 30860 Puerto de Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
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- Planta Experimental de Cultivos Marinos, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), 30860 Puerto de Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4LA, UK
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Eveson JP, Bravington MV, Farley JH. Accounting for environmental and observer effects in estimating abundance of southern bluefin tuna from aerial survey data. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207790. [PMID: 30475864 PMCID: PMC6257917 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Southern bluefin tuna (SBT) is a valuable species that has been subject to high exploitation rates since the 1950s. In 2011, the spawning stock biomass was estimated to be at a historically low level, at only 5% of pre-fished biomass. A key component for managing and rebuilding the stock is having reliable, fishery-independent estimates of juvenile abundance. This paper describes how such estimates have been constructed from aerial surveys of juvenile (age 2–4) SBT conducted annually in the Great Australian Bight from 1993–2000 and 2005–2009. During these surveys, observers flew along pre-set transect lines searching for surface schools of SBT. Data were collected on the location and biomass of SBT sightings, and on the environmental conditions present during the survey. Sea surface temperature (SST) was found to correlate with the size (biomass) of schools, and several environmental variables, SST and wind speed in particular, were found to correlate with the number of sightings (presumably by affecting the ability of observers to see surface schools as well as whether fish were present at the surface). In addition, observers changed over time and differed in their aptitude for spotting tuna. Thus, generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) were used to standardize the sightings and biomass data to a common set of observers and environmental conditions in order to produce an annual time series of relative abundance estimates. These estimates, which form one of two key inputs to the management procedure used by the international Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna to set the global catch quota, suggest juvenile abundance was highest in the first years of the survey (1993–1996), after which it declined and fluctuated around a level about four times lower.
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- J. Paige Eveson
- Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Api M, Bonfanti E, Lombardo F, Pignalosa P, Hardiman G, Carnevali O. Effects of age on growth in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 265:64-70. [PMID: 29339181 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus (ABFT) is considered one of the most important socio-economic species but there is a lack of information on the physiological and molecular processes regulating its growth and metabolism. In the present study, we focused on key molecules involved in growth process. The aim of the present study was to associate molecular markers related to growth with canonical procedures like morphological measurements such as curved fork length (CFL) and round weight (RWT). The ABFT specimens (n = 41) were organized into three different groups A, B and C according to their age. The molecular analysis of liver samples revealed that igf1, igf1r and mTOR genes, involved in growth process, were differentially expressed in relation to the age of the fish. In addition, during the analyzed period, faster growth was evident from 5 to 8 years of age, after that, the growth rate decreased in terms of length yet increased in terms of adipose tissue storage, as supported by the higher fat content in the liver. These results are useful in expanding basic knowledge about the metabolic system of ABFT and provide new knowledge for the aquaculture industry.
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- Martina Api
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA)-Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA)-Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA)-Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Bioinformatics, Departments of Medicine & Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC 29425, USA; Laboratory for Marine Systems Biology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29412, USA
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA)-Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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Waples RS, Grewe PM, Bravington MW, Hillary R, Feutry P. Robust estimates of a high Ne/ N ratio in a top marine predator, southern bluefin tuna. Sci Adv 2018; 4:eaar7759. [PMID: 30035218 PMCID: PMC6051734 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar7759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Genetic studies of several marine species with high fecundity have produced "tiny" estimates (≤10-3) of the ratio of effective population size (Ne) to adult census size (N), suggesting that even very large populations might be at genetic risk. A recent study using close-kin mark-recapture methods estimated adult abundance at N ≈ 2 × 106 for southern bluefin tuna (SBT), a highly fecund top predator that supports a lucrative (~$1 billion/year) fishery. We used the same genetic and life history data (almost 13,000 fish collected over 5 years) to generate genetic and demographic estimates of Ne per generation and Nb (effective number of breeders) per year and the Ne/N ratio. Demographic estimates, which accounted for age-specific vital rates, skip breeding, variation in fecundity at age, and persistent individual differences in reproductive success, suggest that Ne/N is >0.1 and perhaps about 0.5. The genetic estimates supported this conclusion. Simulations using true Ne = 5 × 105 (Ne/N = 0.25) produced results statistically consistent with the empirical genetic estimates, whereas simulations using Ne = 2 × 104 (Ne/N = 0.01) did not. Our results show that robust estimates of Ne and Ne/N can be obtained for large populations, provided sufficiently large numbers of individuals and genetic markers are used and temporal replication (here, 5 years of adult and juvenile samples) is sufficient to provide a distribution of estimates. The high estimated Ne/N ratio in SBT is encouraging and suggests that the species will not be compromised by a lack of genetic diversity in responding to environmental change and harvest.
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- Robin S. Waples
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere, G.P.O. Box 1538, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere, G.P.O. Box 1538, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere, G.P.O. Box 1538, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere, G.P.O. Box 1538, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia
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Džoić T, Beg Paklar G, Grbec B, Ivatek-Šahdan S, Zorica B, Šegvić-Bubić T, Čikeš Keč V, Lepen Pleić I, Mladineo I, Grubišić L, Verley P. Spillover of the Atlantic bluefin tuna offspring from cages in the Adriatic Sea: A multidisciplinary approach and assessment. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188956. [PMID: 29190825 PMCID: PMC5708836 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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During routine monitoring of commercial purse seine catches in 2011, 87 fingerling specimens of scombrids were collected in the southern Adriatic Sea. Sequencing of the mitochondrial DNA control region locus inferred that specimens belonged to the Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (N = 29), bullet tuna, Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810) (N = 30) and little tunny, Euthynnus alletteratus, Rafinesque, 1810 (N = 28). According to previously published growth parameters, the age of the collected specimens was estimated at approximately 30–40 days, suggesting they might have been spawned in the Adriatic Sea, contrary to the current knowledge. A coupled modelling system with hydrodynamic (ROMS) and individual based model (IBM—Ichthyop) was set up to determine the location of the spawning event. Numerical simulations with the IBM model, both backward and forward in time, indicate commercial tuna cages in the middle Adriatic coastal area as possible spawning location. The two other non-commercial species likely opportunistically use the positive environmental (abiotic and biotic) conditions to spawn in the same area.
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- Tomislav Džoić
- Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Research and Development Division, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory of Fisheries Science and Management of Pelagic and Demersal Resources, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Laboratory of Fisheries Science and Management of Pelagic and Demersal Resources, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
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- Institute de recherché pour le developpement, UMR Botany and Modelling of Plant Architecture and Vegetation, Montpellier, France
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Torres-Irineo E, Dreyfus-León M, Gaertner D, Salas S, Marchal P. Adaptive responses of tropical tuna purse-seiners under temporal regulations. Ambio 2017; 46:88-97. [PMID: 27352360 PMCID: PMC5226896 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0801-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The failure to achieve fisheries management objectives has been broadly discussed in international meetings. Measuring the effects of fishery regulations is difficult due to the lack of detailed information. The yellowfin tuna fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean offers an opportunity to evaluate the fishers' responses to temporal regulations. We used data from observers on-board Mexican purse-seine fleet, which is the main fleet fishing on dolphin-associated tuna schools. In 2002, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission implemented a closed season to reduce fishing effort for this fishery. For the period 1992-2008, we analysed three fishery indicators using generalized estimating equations to evaluate the fishers' response to the closure. We found that purse-seiners decreased their time spent in port, increased their fishing sets, and maintained their proportion of successful fishing sets. Our results highlight the relevance of accounting for the fisher behaviour to understand fisheries dynamics when establishing management regulations.
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- Edgar Torres-Irineo
- UMR MARBEC, IRD, Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale, Avenue Jean Monnet, BP 171, 34200 Sète, France
- CONACYT, Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 97130 Sisal, Yucatan Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de la Pesca, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, UABC, Ensenada, Mexico
- 511 E. San Ysidro Blvd 2430, San Ysidro, CA 92173-3150 USA
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- UMR MARBEC, IRD, Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale, Avenue Jean Monnet, BP 171, 34200 Sète, France
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 6 Antigua Carretera a Progreso, Cordemex, CP 97310 Mérida, Yucatán Mexico
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- Channel and North Sea Fisheries Department, IFREMER, 150 Quai Gambetta, BP 699, 62321 Boulogne s/mer, France
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Dhurmeea Z, Zudaire I, Chassot E, Cedras M, Nikolic N, Bourjea J, West W, Appadoo C, Bodin N. Reproductive Biology of Albacore Tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the Western Indian Ocean. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168605. [PMID: 28002431 PMCID: PMC5176184 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The reproductive biology of albacore tuna, Thunnus alalunga, in the western Indian Ocean was examined through analysis of the sex ratio, spawning season, length-at-maturity (L50), spawning frequency and fecundity. From 2013 to 2015, a total of 923 female and 867 male albacore were sampled. A bias in sex ratio was found in favor of females with fork length (LF) < 100 cm. Using histological analyses and gonadosomatic index, spawning was found to occur between 10°S and 30°S, mainly to the east of Madagascar from October to January. Large females contributed more to reproduction through their longer spawning period compared to small individuals. The L50 (mean ± standard error) of female albacore was estimated at 85.3 ± 0.7 cm LF. Albacore spawn on average every 2.2 days within the spawning region and spawning months, from November to January. Batch fecundity ranged between 0.26 and 2.09 million oocytes and the relative batch fecundity (mean ± standard deviation) was estimated at 53.4 ± 23.2 oocytes g-1 of somatic-gutted weight. The study provides new information on the reproductive development and classification of albacore in the western Indian Ocean. The reproductive parameters will reduce uncertainty in current stock assessment models which will eventually assist the fishery to be sustainable for future generations.
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- Zahirah Dhurmeea
- Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius
- IRD—research unit MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation (MARBEC), Fishing Port, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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- IRD—research unit MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation (MARBEC), Fishing Port, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- IRD—research unit MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation (MARBEC), Fishing Port, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
- Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Fishing Port, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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- Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Fishing Port, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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- Ifremer—research unit MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation (MARBEC), Sète, France
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- Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Marine and Ocean Science, Fisheries and Mariculture, Faculty of Ocean Studies, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius
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- IRD—research unit MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation (MARBEC), Fishing Port, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
- Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Fishing Port, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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Tolentino-Zondervan F, Berentsen P, Bush SR, Digal L, Oude Lansink A. Fisher-Level Decision Making to Participate in Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIPs) for Yellowfin Tuna in the Philippines. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163537. [PMID: 27732607 PMCID: PMC5061383 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study identifies the capabilities needed by small-scale fishers to participate in Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) for yellowfin tuna in the Philippines. The current literature provides little empirical evidence on how different models, or types of FIPs, influence the participation of fishers in their programs and the degree which FIPs are able to foster improvements in fishing practices. To address this literature gap, two different FIPs are empirically analysed, each with different approaches for fostering improvement. The first is the non-governmental organisation-led Partnership Programme Towards Sustainable Tuna, which adopts a bottom-up or development oriented FIP model. The second is the private-led Artesmar FIP, which adopts a top-down or market-oriented FIP approach. The data were obtained from 350 fishers surveyed and were analysed using two separate models run in succession, taking into consideration full, partial, and non-participation in the two FIPs. The results demonstrate that different types of capabilities are required in order to participate in different FIP models. Individual firm capabilities are more important for fishers participation in market-oriented FIPs, which use direct economic incentives to encourage improvements in fisher practices. Collective capabilities are more important for fishers to participate in development-oriented FIPs, which drive improvement by supporting fishers, fisher associations, and governments to move towards market requirements.
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- Business Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- School of Management, University of the Philippines in Mindanao, Davao del Sur, Philippines, Tuna Value Chain Project, Commission on Higher Education, Davao City, Philippines
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- Business Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Laiz-Carrión R, Gerard T, Uriarte A, Malca E, Quintanilla JM, Muhling BA, Alemany F, Privoznik SL, Shiroza A, Lamkin JT, García A. Trophic ecology of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) [corrected] larvae from the Gulf of Mexico and NW Mediterranean spawning grounds: A Comparative Stable Isotope Study. PLoS One 2015. [PMID: 26225849 PMCID: PMC4520599 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The present study uses stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon (δ15Nandδ13C) as trophic indicators for Atlantic bluefin tuna larvae (BFT) (6–10 mm standard length) in the highly contrasting environmental conditions of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and the Balearic Sea (MED). These regions are differentiated by their temperature regime and relative productivity, with the GOM being significantly warmer and more productive. MED BFT larvae showed the highest δ15N signatures, implying an elevated trophic position above the underlying microzooplankton baseline. Ontogenetic dietary shifts were observed in the BFT larvae from the GOM and MED which indicates early life trophodynamics differences between these spawning habitats. Significant trophic differences between the GOM and MED larvae were observed in relation to δ15N signatures in favour of the MED larvae, which may have important implications in their growth during their early life stages.These low δ15N levels in the zooplankton from the GOM may be an indication of a shifting isotopic baseline in pelagic food webs due to diatrophic inputs by cyanobacteria. Lack of enrichment for δ15N in BFT larvae compared to zooplankton implies an alternative grazing pathway from the traditional food chain of phytoplankton—zooplankton—larval fish. Results provide insight for a comparative characterization of the trophic pathways variability of the two main spawning grounds for BFT larvae.
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- Raúl Laiz-Carrión
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía—Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (COM-IEO), Fuengirola, Spain
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- Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Miami, Florida, United States of America
- South Florida Campus- University of Phoenix, Miramar, Florida, United States of America
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía—Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (COM-IEO), Fuengirola, Spain
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- South Florida Campus- University of Phoenix, Miramar, Florida, United States of America
- Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía—Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (COM-IEO), Fuengirola, Spain
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- Princeton University Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Forrestal Campus/Sayre Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, 201 Forrestal Road, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares (COB-IEO), Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
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- South Florida Campus- University of Phoenix, Miramar, Florida, United States of America
- Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- South Florida Campus- University of Phoenix, Miramar, Florida, United States of America
- Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía—Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (COM-IEO), Fuengirola, Spain
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Santamaria N, Bello G, Pousis C, Vassallo-Agius R, de la Gándara F, Corriero A. Fin spine bone resorption in atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, and comparison between wild and captive-reared specimens. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121924. [PMID: 25751271 PMCID: PMC4353707 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2014] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bone resorption in the first spine of the first dorsal fin of Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT) has long been considered for age estimation studies. In the present paper spine bone resorption was assessed in wild (aged 1 to 13 years) and captive-reared (aged 2 to 11 years) ABFT sampled from the Mediterranean Sea. Total surface (TS), solid surface (SS) and reabsorbed surface (RS) were measured in spine transverse sections in order to obtain proportions of SS and RS. The spine section surface was found to be isometrically correlated to the fish fork length by a power equation. The fraction of solid spine bone progressively decreased according to a logarithmic equation correlating SS/TS to both fish size and age. The values ranged from 57% in the smallest examined individuals to 37% in the largest specimens. This phenomenon was further enhanced in captive-reared ABFT where SS/TS was 22% in the largest measured specimen. The difference between the fraction of SS of wild and captive-reared ABFT was highly significant. In each year class from 1- to 7-year-old wild specimens, the fraction of spine reabsorbed surface was significantly higher in specimens collected from March to May than in those sampled during the rest of the year. In 4-year-old fish the normal SS increase during the summer did not occur, possibly coinciding with their first sexual maturity. According to the correlations between SS/TS and age, the rate of spine bone resorption was significantly higher, even almost double, in captive-reared specimens. This could be attributed to the wider context of systemic dysfunctions occurring in reared ABFT, and may be related to a number of factors, including nutritional deficiencies, alteration of endocrine profile, cortisol-induced stress, and loss of spine functions during locomotion in rearing conditions.
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- Nicoletta Santamaria
- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Valenzano (BA), Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Valenzano (BA), Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Valenzano (BA), Italy
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Valenzano (BA), Italy
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Murashita K, Matsunari H, Kumon K, Tanaka Y, Shiozawa S, Furuita H, Oku H, Yamamoto T. Characterization and ontogenetic development of digestive enzymes in Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis larvae. Fish Physiol Biochem 2014; 40:1741-1755. [PMID: 25055726 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-014-9964-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The major digestive enzymes in Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis larvae were characterized, and the physiological characteristics of the enzymes during early ontogeny were clarified using biochemical and molecular approaches. The maximum activity of trypsin (Try), chymotrypsin (Ct) and amylase (Amy) was observed at pH 6-11, 8-11 and 6-9, respectively. Maximum activity of Try, Ct and Amy occurred at 50 °C, that of lipase (Lip) was at 60 °C and that of pepsin (Pep) was at 40-50 °C. These pH and thermal profiles were similar to those for other fish species but differed from those previously reported for adult bluefin tuna. Enzyme activity for all enzymes assayed was found to decrease at high temperatures (Try, Ct, Amy and Pep: 50 °C; Lip: 40 °C), which is similar to findings for other fish species with one marked exception-increased Try activity was observed at 40 °C. Lip activity appeared to be dependent on bile salts under our assay conditions, resulting in a significant increase in activity in the presence of bile salts. Ontogenetic changes in pancreatic digestive enzymes showed similar gene expression patterns to those of other fish species, whereas marked temporal increases in enzyme activities were observed at 10-12 days post hatching (dph), coinciding with previously reported timing of the development of the pyloric caeca in bluefin tuna larvae. However, complete development of digestive function was indicated by the high pep gene expression from 19 dph, which contradicts the profile of Pep activity and previously reported development timing of the gastric gland. These findings contribute to the general knowledge of bluefin tuna larval digestive system development.
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- Koji Murashita
- Aquaculture Systems Division, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency, 224-1, Hiruda, Tamaki, Mie, 519-0423, Japan,
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Chen CY, Lai CC, Chen KS, Hsu CC, Hung CC, Chen MH. Total and organic mercury concentrations in the muscles of Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). Mar Pollut Bull 2014; 85:606-612. [PMID: 24559740 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Muscles of 115 North Pacific albacore (ALB, Thunnus alalunga) and 75 Pacific bigeye tuna (BET, Thunnus obesus), collected from 2001 to 2006, were analyzed. No ALB, but 13 large BET had organic mercury (OH g) concentrations exceeding 1 μg g(-1) wet weight. For both ALB and BET, total mercury (THg) and OH g concentrations were significantly and positively correlated with fork length (FL) and body weight. The muscle Hg bioaccumulation rates of BET were higher than those of ALB, particularly in the adult fish. Moreover, the lines had crossover points among the two species that imply the young BET (FL<110 cm) contains lower muscle Hg concentrations than ALB of the same size. The suggested weekly dietary intake of ALB and small-BET meats is 340 g, and of BET meat it is 150 g for a 60-kg person based on the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) of methylmercury set by the WHO.
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- Chiee-Young Chen
- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung 81143, Taiwan
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Institute of Oceanography, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oceanography, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, Kaohsiung 85243, Taiwan
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- Department of Oceanography and Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
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Luque PL, Rodriguez-Marin E, Landa J, Ruiz M, Quelle P, Macias D, Ortiz De Urbina JM. Direct ageing of Thunnus thynnus from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and western Mediterranean Sea using dorsal fin spines. J Fish Biol 2014; 84:1876-1903. [PMID: 24890407 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study deals with important methodology issues that affect age estimates of eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus using dorsal fin spines. Nearly 3800 spine sections were used from fish caught in the north-east Atlantic Ocean and western Mediterranean Sea over a 21 year period. Edge type and marginal increment analyses indicated a yearly periodicity of annulus formation with the translucent bands (50% of occurrence) appearing from October to May. Nucleus vascularization seriously affected specimens older than 6 years, with the disappearance of 40-50% of the presumed annuli by that age. An alternate sectioning location was a clear improvement and this finding is an important contribution to the methodology of using this structure for ageing the full-length range of eastern T. thynnus. Finally, there were no significant differences between the coefficients of von Bertalanffy growth model estimated from mean length at age data (L∞ = 327.4; k = 0.097; t0 = -0.838) and those estimated from the growth curves accepted for the eastern and western T. thynnus management units.
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- P L Luque
- Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Santander Oceanographic Centre, PO Box 240, 39080, Santander, Spain
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Farley JH, Eveson JP, Davis TLO, Andamari R, Proctor CH, Nugraha B, Davies CR. Demographic structure, sex ratio and growth rates of southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) on the spawning ground. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96392. [PMID: 24797529 PMCID: PMC4010466 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The demographics of the southern bluefin tuna (SBT) Thunnus maccoyii spawning stock were examined through a large-scale monitoring program of the Indonesian longline catch on the spawning ground between 1995 and 2012. The size and age structure of the spawning population has undergone significant changes since monitoring began. There has been a reduction in the relative abundance of larger/older SBT in the catch since the early 2000s, and a corresponding decrease in mean length and age, but there was no evidence of a significant truncation of the age distribution. Pulses of young SBT appear in the catches in the early- and mid-2000s and may be the first evidence of increased recruitment into the spawning stock since 1995. Fish in these two recruitment pulses were spawned around 1991 and 1997. Size-related variations in sex ratio were also observed with female bias for fish less than 170 cm FL and male bias for fish greater than 170 cm FL. This trend of increasing proportion of males with size above 170 cm FL is likely to be related to sexual dimorphism in growth rates as male length-at-age is greater than that for females after age 10 years. Mean length-at-age of fish aged 8–10 years was greater for both males and females on the spawning ground than off the spawning ground, suggesting that size may be the dominant factor determining timing of maturation in SBT. In addition to these direct results, the data and samples from this program have been central to the assessment and management of this internationally harvested stock.
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- Jessica H. Farley
- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Institute for Mariculture Research and Development, Gondol, Bali, Indonesia
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- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Research Institute for Tuna Fisheries, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
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- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Farley JH, Hoyle SD, Eveson JP, Williams AJ, Davies CR, Nicol SJ. Maturity ogives for South Pacific albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) that account for spatial and seasonal variation in the distributions of mature and immature fish. PLoS One 2014; 9:e83017. [PMID: 24416153 PMCID: PMC3885397 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Length and age at maturity are important life history parameters for estimating spawning stock biomass and reproductive potential of fish stocks. Bias in estimates of size and age at maturity can arise when disparate distributions of mature and immature fish within a population are not accounted for in the analysis. Here we investigate the spatial and temporal variability in observed size and age at maturity of female albacore tuna, Thunnus alalunga, using samples collected across the South Pacific. Maturity status was identified using consistent histological criteria that were precise enough to allow for mature but regenerating females to be distinguished from immature females during the non-spawning season, permitting year-round sampling for maturity estimation in albacore. Using generalised linear mixed models, we found that the proportion of mature females at length varied significantly with latitude and time of year. Specifically, females at northern latitudes (∼10–20°S, where spawning occurs) were mature at significantly smaller lengths and ages than females at southern latitudes (∼20–40°S), particularly during the spawning season (October–March). This variation was due to different geographic distributions of mature and immature fish during the year. We present a method for estimating an unbiased maturity ogive that takes into account the latitudinal variation in proportion mature at length during a given season (spawning or non-spawning). Applying this method to albacore samples from the western region of the South Pacific gave a predicted length at 50% mature of ∼87 cm fork length (4.5 years).
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- Jessica H. Farley
- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia
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- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia
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- Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia
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Berkovich N, Corriero A, Santamaria N, Mylonas CC, Vassallo-Aguis R, de la Gándara F, Meiri-Ashkenazi I, Zlatnikov V, Gordin H, Bridges CR, Rosenfeld H. Intra-pituitary relationship of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone during pubertal development in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2013; 194:10-23. [PMID: 23973326 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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As part of the endeavor aiming at the domestication of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT; Thunnus thynnus), first sexual maturity in captivity was studied by documenting its occurrence and by characterizing the key hormones of the reproductive axis: follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). The full length sequence encoding for the related hormone β-subunits, bftFSHβ and bftLHβ, were determined, revealing two bftFSHβ mRNA variants, differing in their 5' untranslated region. A quantitative immuno-dot-blot assay to measure pituitary FSH content in BFT was developed and validated enabling, for the first time in this species, data sets for both LH and FSH to be compared. The expression and accumulation patterns of LH in the pituitary showed a steady increase of this hormone, concomitant with fish age, reaching higher levels in adult females compared to males of the same age class. Conversely, the pituitary FSH levels were elevated only in 2Y and adult fish. The pituitary FSH to LH ratio was consistently higher (>1) in immature than in maturing or pubertal fish, resembling the situation in mammals. Nevertheless, the results suggest that a rise in the LH storage level above a minimum threshold may be an indicator of the onset of puberty in BFT females. The higher pituitary LH levels in adult females over males may further support this notion. In contrast three year-old (3Y) males were pubertal while cognate females were still immature. However, it is not yet clear whether the advanced puberty in the 3Y males was a general feature typifying wild BFT populations or was induced by the culture conditions. Future studies testing the effects of captivity and hormonal treatments on precocious maturity may allow for improved handling of this species in a controlled environment which would lead to more cost-efficient farming.
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- Nadia Berkovich
- Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Center for Mariculture, Eilat, Israel; Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Eilat Campus, Eilat, Israel
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Juan-Jordá MJ, Mosqueira I, Freire J, Dulvy NK. The conservation and management of tunas and their relatives: setting life history research priorities. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70405. [PMID: 23950930 PMCID: PMC3738557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Scombrids (tunas, bonitos, Spanish mackerels and mackerels) support important fisheries in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters around the world, being one of the most economically- and socially-important marine species globally. Their sustainable exploitation, management and conservation depend on accurate life history information for the development of quantitative fisheries stock assessments, and in the fishery data-poor situations for the identification of vulnerable species. Here, we assemble life history traits (maximum size, growth, longevity, maturity, fecundity, spawning duration and spawning interval) for the 51 species of scombrids globally. We identify major biological gaps in knowledge and prioritize life history research needs in scombrids based on their biological gaps in knowledge, the importance of their fisheries and their current conservation status according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. We find that the growth and reproductive biology of tunas and mackerel species have been more extensively studied than for Spanish mackerels and bonitos, although there are notable exceptions in all groups. We also reveal that reproductive biology of species, particular fecundity, is the least studied biological aspect in scombrids. We identify two priority groups, including 32 species of scombrids, and several populations of principal market tunas, for which life history research should be prioritized following the species-specific life history gaps identified in this study in the coming decades. By highlighting the important gaps in biological knowledge and providing a priority setting for life history research in scombrid species this study provides guidance for management and conservation and serves as a guide for biologists and resource managers interested in the biology, ecology, and management of scombrid species.
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- Maria José Juan-Jordá
- Grupo de Recursos Marinos y Pesquerías, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
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Sun CL, Yeh SZ, Chang YJ, Chang HY, Chu SL. Reproductive biology of female bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus in the western Pacific Ocean. J Fish Biol 2013; 83:250-271. [PMID: 23902305 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The reproductive biology of female bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus was assessed by examining 888 fish (ranging from 84·9 to 174·4 cm fork length, LF ) caught by Taiwanese offshore longliners in the western Pacific Ocean from November 1997 to November 1998 and November to December 1999 and 258 gonad samples from these fish. The overall sex ratio of the catch during the sampling differed significantly from 0·5, but males were predominant in sizes >140 cm LF . Reproductive activity (assessed by histology), a gonado-somatic index, and the size-frequency distributions of whole oocytes indicated that spawning occurred throughout the year and the major spawning season appeared to be from February to September. The estimated sizes at 50% maturity (LF50 ) of females was 102·85 cm (95% c.i.: 90·79-110·21 cm) and the smallest mature female was 99·7 cm LF . They are multiple spawners and oocytes develop asynchronously. The proportion of mature (0·63) and reproductively active (0·70) females with ovaries containing postovulatory follicles indicated that they spawn almost daily. Batch fecundity for 15 females with the most advanced oocytes (>730 µm) ranged from 0·84 to 8·56 million eggs (mean ± s.d. = 3·06 ± 2·09). The relationships between batch fecundity (FB , in millions of eggs) and LF (cm) and round mass (MR , kg) were FB=9·91×10-14LF6·38 (r(2) = 0·84) and FB=8·89×10-4MR2·05 (r(2) = 0·80), respectively. The parameters estimated in this study are key information for stock assessments of T. obesus in the western Pacific Ocean and will contribute to the conservation and sustainable yield of this species.
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- C L Sun
- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Berkovich N, Meiri-Ashkenazi I, Zlatnikov V, Corriero A, Bridges C, Mylonas C, Aguis Vassallo R, De La Gándara F, Belmonte A, Elizur A, Gordin H, Rosenfeld H. The key neuroendocrine regulators of the onset of puberty in the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci 2013; 78:39-40. [PMID: 25141616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Hilder PI, Cobcroft JM, Hart NS, Colin SP, Battaglene SC. Is sinking mortality in southern bluefin tuna larvae caused by high light intensity? Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci 2013; 78:186-189. [PMID: 25141663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Stomach contents of 437 age-0 year Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis (20·3-59·4 cm fork length, L(F)) caught in the Tsushima Current and the Kuroshio regions around Japan were examined to investigate their ontogenetic diet shift. Prey compositions were diverse and different between regions. Although the seasonal growth patterns were different between regions, ontogenetic diet shifts shared a common pattern. In the Tsushima Current region (Sea of Japan), small T. orientalis (20-25 cm L(F)) preyed upon small squid (juvenile Enoploteuthis chunii), and larger ones (25-35 cm L(F)) gradually shifted their diet to mesopelagic fish (Maurolicus japonicus). In the Kuroshio region (Pacific Ocean), small T. orientalis (20-25 cm L(F)) preyed upon small zooplankton (mostly crustacean larvae), and larger ones (25-40 cm L(F)) shifted to epipelagic fishes (Etrumeus teres, Sardinops melanostictus and Engraulis japonicus). The observed data suggest that T. orientalis switch to a diet more based on fish prey items, which have more body mass and greater swimming ability than small squid and zooplankton, after they reach a L(F) of 25 cm.
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- T Shimose
- National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Fisheries Research Agency, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 424-8633, Japan
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Simon M, Fromentin JM, Bonhommeau S, Gaertner D, Brodziak J, Etienne MP. Effects of stochasticity in early life history on steepness and population growth rate estimates: an illustration on Atlantic bluefin tuna. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48583. [PMID: 23119063 PMCID: PMC3485314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The intrinsic population growth rate (r) of the surplus production function used in the biomass dynamic model and the steepness (h) of the stock-recruitment relationship used in age-structured population dynamics models are two key parameters in fish stock assessment. There is generally insufficient information in the data to estimate these parameters that thus have to be constrained. We developed methods to directly estimate the probability distributions of r and h for the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Scombridae), using all available biological and ecological information. We examined the existing literature to define appropriate probability distributions of key life history parameters associated with intrinsic growth rate and steepness, paying particular attention to the natural mortality for early life history stages. The estimated probability distribution of the population intrinsic growth rate was weakly informative, with an estimated mean r = 0.77 (±0.53) and an interquartile range of (0.34, 1.12). The estimated distribution of h was more informative, but also strongly asymmetric with an estimated mean h = 0.89 (±0.20) and a median of 0.99. We note that these two key demographic parameters strongly depend on the distribution of early life history mortality rate (M(0)), which is known to exhibit high year-to-year variations. This variability results in a widely spread distribution of M(0) that affects the distribution of the intrinsic population growth rate and further makes the spawning stock biomass an inadequate proxy to predict recruitment levels.
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- Maximilien Simon
- AgroParistech-ENGREF (École Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts), Paris, France.
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Williams AJ, Farley JH, Hoyle SD, Davies CR, Nicol SJ. Spatial and sex-specific variation in growth of albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) across the South Pacific Ocean. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39318. [PMID: 22723993 PMCID: PMC3378542 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Spatial variation in growth is a common feature of demersal fish populations which often exist as discrete adult sub-populations linked by a pelagic larval stage. However, it remains unclear whether variation in growth occurs at similar spatial scales for populations of highly migratory pelagic species, such as tuna. We examined spatial variation in growth of albacore Thunnus alalunga across 90° of longitude in the South Pacific Ocean from the east coast of Australia to the Pitcairn Islands. Using length-at-age data from a validated ageing method we found evidence for significant variation in length-at-age and growth parameters (L∞ and k) between sexes and across longitudes. Growth trajectories were similar between sexes up until four years of age, after which the length-at-age for males was, on average, greater than that for females. Males reached an average maximum size more than 8 cm larger than females. Length-at-age and growth parameters were consistently greater at more easterly longitudes than at westerly longitudes for both females and males. Our results provide strong evidence that finer spatial structure exists within the South Pacific albacore stock and raises the question of whether the scale of their “highly migratory” nature should be re-assessed. Future stock assessment models for South Pacific albacore should consider sex-specific growth curves and spatial variation in growth within the stock.
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- Ashley J Williams
- Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.
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The age and growth of North Pacific albacore Thunnus alalunga were investigated using obliquely sectioned sagittal otoliths from samples of 126 females and 148 males. Otolith edge analysis indicated that the identified annulus in a sagittal otolith is primarily formed during the period from September to February. The assessments of the fish age at first annulus formation indicated that the first annulus represents an age of <1 year. This study presents an age estimate (0·75 years) for the formation of the first annulus. The oldest fish ages observed in this study were 10 years for females and 14 years for males. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters of females estimated were L(∞) = 103·5 cm in fork length (L(F) ), K = 0·340 year(-1) and t(0) = -0·53 years, and the parameters of males were L(∞) = 114·0 cm, K = 0·253 year(-1) and t(0) = -1·01 years. Sexual size dimorphism between males and females seemed to occur after reaching sexual maturity. The coefficients of the power function for expressing the L(F) -mass relationship obtained from sex-pooled data were a = 2·964 × 10(-5) and b = 2·928.
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- K-S Chen
- Institute of Oceanography, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Wang XF, Zhu GP, Sun MC, Xu LX. [Impact of fish aggregation devices on tropical tuna's behavioral pattern: a review]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2012; 23:278-284. [PMID: 22489510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Tuna prefers to aggregate around floating objects. Based on this behavioral characteristic, people developed fish aggregation devices (FADs) to trap tuna, and made the catch and fishing efficiency of tuna purse seine fisheries improved greatly. However, there still exist uncertainties whether the FADs can attract tuna and what's the potential impact of widely applying FADs in tuna purse seine fishery on tuna resources and oceanic pelagic ecosystem. Aiming at these uncertainties, scientists conducted a great deal experiments to study the behavioral biology of tuna around FADs. This paper reviewed the related classic and more credible experiments in the past 30 years, and summed up five behavioral patterns of the tunas around drifting and anchored FADs, i. e., tropism behavior, schooling behavior, association behavior, feeding behavior, and vertical movement pattern. The related main research methods currently in use were introduced, and the issues on this subject needed to be paid great attention to were discussed.
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- Xue-Fang Wang
- College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
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Taylor NG, McAllister MK, Lawson GL, Carruthers T, Block BA. Atlantic bluefin tuna: a novel multistock spatial model for assessing population biomass. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27693. [PMID: 22174745 PMCID: PMC3235089 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2010] [Accepted: 10/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is considered to be overfished, but the status of its populations has been debated, partly because of uncertainties regarding the effects of mixing on fishing grounds. A better understanding of spatial structure and mixing may help fisheries managers to successfully rebuild populations to sustainable levels while maximizing catches. We formulate a new seasonally and spatially explicit fisheries model that is fitted to conventional and electronic tag data, historic catch-at-age reconstructions, and otolith microchemistry stock-composition data to improve the capacity to assess past, current, and future population sizes of Atlantic bluefin tuna. We apply the model to estimate spatial and temporal mixing of the eastern (Mediterranean) and western (Gulf of Mexico) populations, and to reconstruct abundances from 1950 to 2008. We show that western and eastern populations have been reduced to 17% and 33%, respectively, of 1950 spawning stock biomass levels. Overfishing to below the biomass that produces maximum sustainable yield occurred in the 1960s and the late 1990s for western and eastern populations, respectively. The model predicts that mixing depends on season, ontogeny, and location, and is highest in the western Atlantic. Assuming that future catches are zero, western and eastern populations are predicted to recover to levels at maximum sustainable yield by 2025 and 2015, respectively. However, the western population will not recover with catches of 1750 and 12,900 tonnes (the "rebuilding quotas") in the western and eastern Atlantic, respectively, with or without closures in the Gulf of Mexico. If future catches are double the rebuilding quotas, then rebuilding of both populations will be compromised. If fishing were to continue in the eastern Atlantic at the unregulated levels of 2007, both stocks would continue to decline. Since populations mix on North Atlantic foraging grounds, successful rebuilding policies will benefit from trans-Atlantic cooperation.
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- Nathan G. Taylor
- Fisheries Center, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Fisheries Center, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Fisheries Center, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford
University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America
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Torisawa S, Fukuda H, Suzuki K, Takagi T. Schooling behaviour of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis depends on their vision development. J Fish Biol 2011; 79:1291-1303. [PMID: 22026606 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03113.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The effects of vision development and light intensity on schooling behaviour during growth in juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis were investigated using both behavioural and histological approaches. The schooling behaviour of three age groups [25, 40 and 55 days post hatching (dph)] of juvenile T. orinetalis were examined under various light intensities. Subsequently, schooling variables, such as the nearest neighbour distance (D(NN) ) and the separation swimming index (I(SS) ), were also measured under different light intensities. Furthermore, retinal indices of light adaptation in juvenile fish at each experimental light intensity and visual acuities in six stages (25-55 dph) of juveniles were examined histologically. During growth, the light intensity thresholds of I(SS) decreased from 5 to 0·05 lx, and D(NN) under light conditions (>300 lx) also decreased from 9·2 times the standard length (L(S) ) to 1·2 times L(S) . The thresholds of light intensities for the light adaptation of retinas in juveniles (25-55 dph) similarly decreased from 5 to 0·05 lx with growth. In addition, the visual acuities of juveniles developed from 0·04 to 0·17 with decreasing D(NN) . These data clearly indicate that the characteristics of schooling behaviour strongly correspond to the degree of vision development. Juvenile T. orinetalis also appear to be more dependent on cone rather than rod cells under low light intensity conditions, resulting in a relatively high light intensity threshold for schooling. These results suggest that juveniles can adapt to darker conditions during growth by developing improved visual capabilities.
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- S Torisawa
- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Naka-machi, Nara 631-8505, Japan.
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Matsumoto T, Okada T, Sawada Y, Ishibashi Y. Changes in the scotopic vision of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) with growth. Fish Physiol Biochem 2011; 37:693-700. [PMID: 21331803 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-011-9469-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In cultured juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), reducing the mass deaths caused by collision or contact with tank or net walls at night is a priority for seedling production. Pacific bluefin tuna is a visually dependant species, although its scotopic vision is poor. We recorded electroretinograms to investigate the visual function with growth in the dark-adapted eyes of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna. Peak wavelengths of spectral sensitivity [38-62 days posthatch (dph), 77-167 mm standard length (SL)] were observed between 474 and 494 nm. Visual light sensitivity has a tendency to increase slightly with growth at 28-64 dph in individuals that measured 29-175 mm SL. However, visual temporal resolution did not significantly increase with growth at 38-62 days dph in individuals that measured 77-167 mm SL. These results suggest that the mass death continues between 28 and 64 dph because of low visual function and increasing swimming speed with growth.
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- Taro Matsumoto
- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Naka-Machi, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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We formulated a full lifecycle bioenergetic model for bluefin tuna relying on the principles of Dynamic Energy Budget theory. Traditional bioenergetic models in fish research deduce energy input and utilization from observed growth and reproduction. In contrast, our model predicts growth and reproduction from food availability and temperature in the environment. We calibrated the model to emulate physiological characteristics of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis, hereafter PBT), a species which has received considerable scientific attention due to its high economic value. Computer simulations suggest that (i) the main cause of different growth rates between cultivated and wild PBT is the difference in average body temperature of approximately 6.5°C, (ii) a well-fed PBT individual can spawn an average number of 9 batches per spawning season, (iii) food abundance experienced by wild PBT is rather constant and sufficiently high to provide energy for yearly reproductive cycle, (iv) energy in reserve is exceptionally small, causing the weight-length relationship of cultivated and wild PBT to be practically indistinguishable and suggesting that these fish are poorly equipped to deal with starvation, (v) accelerated growth rate of PBT larvae is connected to morphological changes prior to metamorphosis, while (vi) deceleration of growth rate in the early juvenile stage is related to efficiency of internal heat production. Based on these results, we discuss a number of physiological and ecological traits of PBT, including the reasons for high Feed Conversion Ratio recorded in bluefin tuna aquaculture.
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- Marko Jusup
- Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan.
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Feeding intensity, diet composition, selectivity, energy ingestion and dietary niche breadth of larval Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus were studied on the eastern (Mediterranean) spawning grounds of the species. Larval T. thynnus were collected in the Balearic Archipelago (north-west Mediterranean Sea) during 2004 and 2005 using surveys specific for larval scombrids. Larvae between 2·6 and 8·7 mm standard length (L(S) ) are diurnal feeders, and 94% of the guts collected during daylight hours were full. The mean ±s.d. number of prey per gut was 7·1 ± 5·7, with mean ±s.d. ranging from 3·0 ± 1·6 in the smallest T. thynnus larvae to 11·1 ± 5·8 in 5·0-6·0 mm L(S) larvae. Up to 21 prey were found in a single larval gut (5·0-6·0 mm L(S) ) at the end of the day. Larvae progressively selected larger prey and exhibited increased carbon content concurrent with preflexion development of feeding and locomotory structures. Larvae of 5·0-6·0 mm L(S) exhibited positive selection of cladocerans over other prey (Chesson's index), whereas copepod nauplii dominated the diets of earlier stages. The dietary niche breadth measured increased initially but decreased at c. 5·5 mm L(S) . Appendicularians were found in the diet of larger larval sizes, but no piscivory was observed. Results are discussed in light of the sparse existing data for larval T. thynnus and other larval tuna species.
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- I A Catalán
- Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, CSIC-UIB, 21 Miquel Marques, CP 07190, Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain.
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Matsuura R, Sawada Y, Ishibashi Y. Development of visual cells in the Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis. Fish Physiol Biochem 2010; 36:391-402. [PMID: 19288257 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-009-9306-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The development of rod and cone photoreceptor cells was investigated in the retinas of Pacific bluefin tuna larvae and juveniles, using RET-P1 monoclonal antibody labeling to identify photoreceptors. At 60 h after hatching, which was about when feeding began, opsin (presumably green opsin (Rh2)) was expressed in the outer segments of cone cells. At 15 days after hatching (dah), although many labeled cone cells were observed in the dorsal retina, the same type of cone cells had partially appeared in the ventral retina. The presence of rod cell bodies was confirmed by the expression of Rh1 opsin at 15 dah. At 21 dah, the presence of outer segments of rod cells was confirmed by the expression of Rh1 opsin and by morphology. The observations suggest that the cone cells were substantially operable upon the development of their outer segment at around the beginning of the post-larval stage, and the rod cells began to function at around 15 to 21 dah, before and during metamorphosis.
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- R Matsuura
- Department of Fisheries, School of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505, Japan
- Criminal Investigation Laboratory of Nara Prefectural Police Headquarters, 585 Imaichi-cho, Nara, 630-8444, Japan
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- Fisheries Laboratory, Kinki University, Ohshima, Kushimoto, Wakayama, 649-3633, Japan
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- Department of Fisheries, School of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505, Japan.
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Wang XF, Xu LX, Zhu GP, Wang CL. [Age identification and growth characteristics of Katsuwonus pelamis in western and central Pacific Ocean]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2010; 21:756-762. [PMID: 20560335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Fish age and growth are the important biological parameters for the assessment of fishery resources. With the help of purse seiners, 262 individuals of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) were sampled from western and central Pacific Ocean in October 2007 - January 2008. The measurements in situ showed that the fork length of the samples ranged from 278 to 746 mm, and their body mass ranged from 345 to 9905 g. The first dorsal spine of each individual was collected for age identification and growth parameters estimation. The relationship between fork length (L, mm) and body mass (M, g) was expressed as M = 3.612 x 10(-6) L3.278 (R2 = 0.9782), and no significant difference was found for the males and females (F = 2.002, P > 0.05). A comparison with Akaike information criterion (AIC) suggested that among power regression equation, linear regression equation, and exponential regression equation, linear regression equation was most suitable for describing the relationship between fork length and spine radius (AIC = 2257.4). The mean back-calculated fork lengths of K. pelamis with the ages of 1-5 estimated by Fraser-Lee's method were 398.4, 494.2, 555.4, 636.8, and 728.8 mm, respectively. Residual analyses indicated that there was no significant difference in the growth of male and female K. pelamis (F = 0.670; df = 182; P > 0.05). The sex-combined von Bertalanffy growth equation of K. pelamis was L(t) = 706.51 (1 - e(-0.64(t + 0.037))).
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- Xue-Fang Wang
- College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
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Wang CH, Lin YT, Shiao JC, You CF, Tzeng WN. Spatio-temporal variation in the elemental compositions of otoliths of southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii in the Indian Ocean and its ecological implication. J Fish Biol 2009; 75:1173-1193. [PMID: 20738607 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02336.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The elements Na, Mg, Mn, Ca, Sr and Ba in otoliths of southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii, collected from their feeding ground in the central Indian Ocean and spawning ground between southern Java and north-western Australia were measured by laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) and compared among sampling locations and developmental stages. The Na, Mg and Mn to Ca concentration ratios were significantly higher at the larval stage than at the adult stage, and the ratio reached a peak at the first inflection point of the otolith, mean +/-s.d. 43.3 +/- 4.9 days after hatching and decreased sharply to a low level thereafter. The temporal change of the elements:Ca ratios in the first inflection point corresponded to the life stage transition from larva to juvenile, indicating that the uptake rate of elements from ambient waters was significantly influenced by the ontogenetic change in the fish. The elemental composition at the otolith edge differed significantly in sub-adults on the feeding grounds and adults on the spawning grounds. Thus, the otolith elemental composition can be used as a biological tracer to study the time of the ontogenetic shift and to reconstruct the past migratory environmental history of T. maccoyii. In addition, the elemental composition of the otolith core of the adult was similar between feeding and spawning grounds, indicating that the fish in the Indian Ocean had the same larval origin, which is consistent with the single spawning population hypothesis.
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- C H Wang
- Earth Dynamic System Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
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Balshaw S, Edwards JW, Ross KE, Ellis D, Padula DJ, Daughtry BJ. Empirical models to identify mechanisms driving reductions in tissue mercury concentration during culture of farmed southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii. Mar Pollut Bull 2008; 56:2009-2017. [PMID: 18823638 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2008] [Revised: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 08/08/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Two empirical models are presented to elucidate the mechanisms driving reductions in the mercury concentration of southern bluefin tuna (SBT) during culture. Model 1 predicts temporal fluctuations in mercury concentration in response to growth dilution. Model 2 predicts the combined effects of growth dilution and linear mercury accumulation. Model 2 was found to be the more accurate model. Over a typical farming period of 136 days, growth dilution resulted in a reduction in mean mercury concentration of SBT edible tissues from 0.51 mg/kg down to 0.33 mg/kg. Extended culture beyond 136 days resulted in an increase in mercury concentration due to the combined effects of mercury accumulation and seasonal lipid depletion. Results indicate that under current industry practice, cultured SBT can be consumed twice as frequently as that of wild caught SBT while maintaining total dietary mercury intake below national recommendations.
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- S Balshaw
- Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.
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- Jay R Rooker
- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University, 5007 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551, USA.
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- Carl Safina
- Blue Ocean Institute, P.O. Box 250, East Norwich, NY 11732, USA.
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Kawakami Y, Nozaki J, Seoka M, Kumai H, Ohta H. Characterization of thyroid hormones and thyroid hormone receptors during the early development of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2008; 155:597-606. [PMID: 17988667 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2007] [Revised: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We studied the profiles of 3,5,3'-l-triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), and thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) in Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) during embryonic and post-embryonic development. Both T3 and T4 were detected in embryos just before hatching, and it was found that the levels of both were increased in postflexion fish. The thyroid follicles were increased in both size and number in postflexion fish compared with preflexion fish. A TRbeta cDNA clone was generated by RACE. Two TRalpha cDNA clones were also partially identified and analyzed by real-time RT-PCR in this study. The TR mRNA levels in embryos were determined, and these were found to be lower than those in preflexion fish. Therefore, we considered that thyroid hormones function during early post-embryonic development as well as during embryonic development. Moreover, there was a peak in the TR mRNA level during postflexion stages, as seen during metamorphosis in Japanese flounder and Japanese conger eel. It is possible that thyroid hormones control the early development of scombrid fish through TRs, as they do for Pluronectiformes and Anguilliformes.
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- Yutaka Kawakami
- Department of Fisheries, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara 631-8505, Japan.
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Corsolini S, Sarà G, Borghesi N, Focardi S. HCB, p,p'-DDE and PCB ontogenetic transfer and magnification in bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from the Mediterranean Sea. Environ Sci Technol 2007; 41:4227-33. [PMID: 17626417 DOI: 10.1021/es062440h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758), is biologically and economically important in the Atlantic--Mediterranean ecosystems. Bluefin tuna feed on diverse food items depending on their age, thus they occupy different trophic levels during their lifespan. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), p,p'-DDE and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are well-known persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Mediterranean basin. The relationship between stable isotopes of nitrogen (N) and the POP residue levels in tissues has recently increased knowledge on the link between the trophic levels and the contaminant accumulation. Trophic levels were estimated by using 15N/14N ratio (delta15N) and HCB, p,p'-DDE, and forty-three PCBs were quantified in bluefin tuna from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Results showed that changes in PCB and p,p'-DDE concentrations were a function of size and trophic level, while no correlations were observed for HCB. Apart from HCB and PCB nos. 101, 207, 95, 158, and 60 + 56, which did not show any significant increase per trophic level, the other PCBs and the p,p'-DDE increased significantly. The ontogenetic magnification factor of PCBs was 6.6 +/- 0.5, which was significantly (12 times) higher (p < 0.05) than the values found for p,p'-DDE (1.4) and HCB (1.4).
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- Simonetta Corsolini
- G. Sarfatti Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, via P.A. Mattioli, 4, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
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Ovarian ultrastructure of the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) was investigated during the reproductive season with the aim of improving our understanding of the reproductive biology in this species. The bluefin, like the other tunas, has an asynchronous mode of ovarian development; therefore, all developmental stages of the oocyte can be found in mature ovaries. The process of oocyte development can be divided into five distinct stages (formation of oocytes from oogonia, primary growth, lipid stage, vitellogenesis, and maturation). Although histological and ultrastructural features of most these stages are similar among all studied teleosts, the transitional period between primary growth and vitellogenesis exhibits interspecific morphological differences that depend on the egg physiology. Although the most remarkable feature of this stage in many teleosts is the occurrence of cortical alveoli, in the bluefin tuna, as is common in marine fishes, the predominant cytoplasmic inclusions are lipid droplets. Nests of early meiotic oocytes derive from the germinal epithelium that borders the ovarian lumen. Each oocyte in the nest becomes surrounded by extensions of prefollicle cells derived from somatic epithelial cells and these form the follicle that is located in the stromal tissue. The primary growth stage is characterized by intense RNA synthesis and the differentiation of the vitelline envelope. Secondary growth commences with the accumulation of lipid droplets in the oocyte cytoplasm (lipid stage), which is then followed by massive uptake and processing of proteins into yolk platelets (vitellogenic stage). During the maturation stage the lipid inclusions coalesce into a single oil droplet, and hydrolysis of the yolk platelets leads to the formation of a homogeneous mass of fluid yolk in mature eggs.
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- Francisco J Abascal
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Avda. República Saharaui, s/n, E-11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Dickson KA, Johnson NM, Donley JM, Hoskinson JA, Hansen MW, D'Souza Tessier J. Ontogenetic changes in characteristics required for endothermy in juvenile black skipjack tuna (Euthynnus lineatus). J Exp Biol 2000; 203:3077-87. [PMID: 11003819 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.203.20.3077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To characterize better the development of endothermy in tunas, we assessed how the abilities to generate heat and to conserve heat within the aerobic, slow-twitch (red) myotomal muscle using counter-current heat exchangers (retia) change with size in juvenile black skipjack tuna (Euthynnus lineatus) above and below the hypothesized minimum size for endothermy of 207 mm fork length (FL). Early juvenile scombrids (10–77 mm FL) collected off the Pacific coast of Panama were raised to larger sizes at the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Laboratory at Achotines Bay, Panama. Evidence of central and lateral rete blood vessels was found in E. lineatus as small as 95.9 mm FL and 125 mm FL, respectively. In larger E. lineatus juveniles (up to 244 mm FL), the capacity for heat exchange increased with fork length as a result of increases in rete length, rete width and the number of vessel rows. The amount (g) of red muscle increased exponentially with fork length in both E. lineatus (105–255 mm FL) and a closely related ectothermic species, the sierra Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus sierra (151–212 mm FL), but was greater in E. lineatus at a given fork length. The specific activity (international units g(−)(1)) of the enzyme citrate synthase in red muscle, an index of tissue heat production potential, increased slightly with fork length in juvenile E. lineatus (84. 1–180 mm FL) and S. sierra (122–215 mm FL). Thus, total red muscle heat production capacity (red muscle citrate synthase activity per gram times red muscle mass in grams) increased with fork length, primarily because of the increase in red muscle mass. Below 95.9 mm FL, E. lineatus cannot maintain red muscle temperature (T(m)) above the ambient water temperature (T(a)) because juveniles of this size lack retia. Above 95.9 mm FL, the relationship between T(x) (T(m)-T(a)) and FL for E. lineatus diverges from that for the ectothermic S. sierra because of increases in the capacities for both heat production and heat retention that result in the development of endothermy.
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- K A Dickson
- Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, USA.
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