Assessing the Status of Atlantic and Pacific Tuna Populations

Project Overview:
Murdoch McAllister (University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada)
All species of tuna in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are increasingly threatened by fishing pressure. One of the most critical steps to conserve these species is to establish an accurate assessment of each population’s status. This project evaluates and improves the scientific methodology for assessing the status of tuna populations in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Publications and Reports:
Published Papers

Carruthers, T. R., M. K. McAllister, et al. 2010. Simulating spatial dynamics to evaluate methods of deriving abundance indices for tropical tunas. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67: 1409-1427.

September, 2010