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An Assessment of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Ocean Studies Board

Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1994

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA

John J. Magnuson,

University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Chairman

Barbara A. Block,

Stanford University

Richard B. Deriso,

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

John R. Gold,

Texas A&M University

William Stewart Grant,

Wits University

Terrance J. Quinn II,

University of Alaska

Saul B. Saila,

University of Rhode Island

Lynda Shapiro,

University of Oregon

E. Don Stevens,

University of Guelph

Staff

Mary Hope Katsouros, Director

Robin Peuser, Study Director

Curtis Taylor, Project Assistant

Paulette Salmon, Research Assistant

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OCEAN STUDIES BOARD

William Merrell,

Texas A&M University,

Chairman

Robert A. Berner,

Yale University

Donald F. Boesch,

University of Maryland

Kenneth Brink,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Gerald Cann, Independent Consultant

Robert Cannon,

Stanford University

Biliana Cicin-Sain,

University of Delaware

William Curry,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Rana Fine,

University of Miami

John E. Flipse,

Texas A&M University

Michael Freilich,

Oregon State University

Gordon Greve,

Amoco Production Company

Robert Knox,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Arthur R. M. Nowell,

University of Washington

Peter Rhines,

University of Washington

Frank Richter,

University of Chicago

Brian Rothschild,

University of Maryland

Thomas Royer,

University of Alaska

Lynda Shapiro,

University of Oregon

Sharon Smith,

University of Miami

Paul Stoffa,

University of Texas

Staff

Mary Hope Katsouros, Director

Edward R. Urban, Jr., Staff Officer

Robin Peuser, Research Associate

Mary Pechacek, Administrative Associate

LaVoncyé Mallory, Senior Secretary

Curtis Taylor, Office Assistant

Paulette Salmon, Research Assistant

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COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES

M. Gordon Wolman,

The Johns Hopkins University,

Chairman

Patrick R. Atkins,

Aluminum Company of America

Edith Brown-Weiss,

Georgetown University Law Center

Peter S. Eagleson,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Edward A. Frieman,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

W. Barclay Kamb,

California Institute of Technology

Jack E. Oliver,

Cornell University

Frank L. Parker,

Vanderbilt/Clemson University

Raymond A. Price,

Queen's University at Kingston

Thomas A. Schelling,

University of Maryland

Larry L. Smarr,

University of Illinois

Steven M. Stanley,

The Johns Hopkins University

Victoria J. Tschinkel,

Landers and Parsons

Warren Washington,

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Staff

Stephen Rattien, Executive Director

Stephen D. Parker, Associate Executive Director

Morgan Gopnik, Assistant Executive Director

Jeanette Spoon, Administrative Officer

Sandi Fitzpatrick, Administrative Associate

Robin Allen, Senior Project Assistant

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Preface

Issues of stock structure and international management of Atlantic bluefin tuna have been contentious for a number of years. In 1993, management issues became particularly antagonistic when several nongovernmental conservation organizations in the United States tried to have Atlantic bluefin tuna listed as an endangered species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Treaty and thus subject to severe trade restrictions.

In preparation for the 1994 annual management meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) asked the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering for independent advice on the scientific basis of management for Atlantic bluefin tuna. The NRC was asked to complete its work in six months so that this advice would be received in time to be useful for the ICCAT meeting.

The NRC's Ocean Studies Board formed the Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna. The committee's charge was to:

  1. Conduct a technical review and evaluation of the scientific basis of U.S. management of fisheries for Atlantic bluefin tuna, and address the following general questions:

    1. Are the current Standing Committees on Research and Statistics (SCRS) assessments of eastern and western Atlantic bluefin the most defensible interpretation of the available data?

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  1. Are uncertainties in the assessments dealt with adequately?

  2. What is the status of the Atlantic bluefin tuna relative to the convention's goal of managing tuna to achieve maximum sustainable yield?

  3. Does the available information support treating bluefin tuna as separate eastern and western management units (i.e., how much mixing is likely, and is it enough to invalidate two separate management units)?

  1. Recommend research.

  2. By August 30, 1994, produce for NOAA a report based on the committee's analysis of the technical information on the assessments of the status of eastern and western Atlantic bluefin tuna, including stock structure.

Acknowledgements to the many who helped the committee develop and complete this technical report and reanalysis follow this preface. However, I extend my personal thanks to an unusually strong and responsive committee and NRC staff, who made it work.

The full committee met twice to receive background presentations and draft its report. Several subgroup meetings also were held to work on the analyses and text of the report. The committee reviewed extensive background material,1 including public comments that were received.

The committee intends this technical review to be of immediate use in management approaches and decisions by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service and ICCAT. Responding to the challenge implied by this scientific assessment will require a new view, attention to the best science, and a commitment to international cooperation. The committee dedicates this report to the giant bluefin tuna and to those who enjoy its majesty and value.

John J. Magnuson, Chairman

Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

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The report refers to several SCRS and ICCAT documents. For information on how to obtain any of these documents, contact NOAA's Office of International Affairs (301 713-2276) located at 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910.

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Acknowledgments

This study would not have been possible without the help and contributions of a number of individuals. The committee would especially like to thank Alejandro Anganuzzi, Richard Punsly, and Pat Tomlinson, who provided intensive technical support for the committee's analyses at the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) located in La Jolla, California. In addition, the committee thanks James Joseph of IATTC for allowing it to use the IATTC facilities and equipment for analyses and for hosting the final meeting in June. The committee extends its thanks to the other IATTC staff members who assisted in the June meeting, including Berta Juarez and Milton Lopez.

Staff of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) assisted in providing data sets for the stock assessment analyses. In addition, they provided the most recent International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) tag and release data for review. For the committee to have enough time for analyses, quick responses to requests for information and data sets were essential. The committee is appreciative of the prompt attention to its requests by NMFS's Southeast Fisheries Science Center staff and NMFS staff in Washington, D.C.

The committee also thanks Frank Hester and the East Coast Tuna Association for supplying the captains' logbook data that were analyzed in this report. In addition, the committee thanks Andre Punt for providing the software ADAPT used in the analyses for this report.

The committee expresses its gratitude to those who provided written comments and who at their own expense attended the open sessions of the committee

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meetings and provided oral comments. In particular, the committee thanks: Nelson Beideman, Gordon Broadhead, Paul Brouha, Philip G. Coates, Frank Cyganowski, John Mark Dean, Bill Degnan, Katsuma Hanafusa, Eric M. Hesse, Ken Hinman, John J. Hoey, Alexander Krause, Naozumi Miyabe, Thom Palchanes, Ellen M. Peel, Richard Ruais, Carl Safina, Stephen Sloan, Michael Sutton, Ziro Suzuki, Steve Weiner, and Peter Weiss.

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List of Figures and Tables

FIGURES

2-1.

 

General distribution of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean.

 

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2-2.

 

Landings of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna in Canadian waters.

 

26

2-3.

 

Map showing the localities of the Canadian catches from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and surrounding Atlantic Ocean regions.

 

27

2-4.

 

Barometric shifts and wind patterns driving the Russell Cycle.

 

32

3-1.

 

Proportion of tagged bluefin tuna in area 2 (eastern Atlantic Ocean) that were originally released in area 1 (western Atlantic Ocean) for a hypothetical population.

 

77

4-1.

 

Western Atlantic Ocean small bluefin tuna indices.

 

86

4-2.

 

Western Atlantic Ocean giant bluefin tuna indices.

 

89

4-3.

 

Observed and predicted values of indices for case 1.

 

103

4-4.

 

Comparison of the long-term trends in spawning stock biomass for cases 1, 2, and 7.

 

105

E-1.

 

The increase in size of Nasicola with host size in Atlantic bluefin tuna

 

141

E-2.

 

Prevalence of parasites as a function of host age and locale of capture (A, Nasicola; B, Elytrophora).

 

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TABLES

2-1.

 

Migration speed of Atlantic bluefin tuna calculated from tag-recovery data.

 

21

2-2.

 

Landings of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna from Canadian fisheries by province from 1960 to 1989.

 

24

3-1.

 

Synopsis of release and recapture (tagging experiments) of western Atlantic bluefin tuna.

 

40

3-2.

 

Synopsis of release and recapture (tagging experiments) of eastern Atlantic/Mediterranean bluefin tuna.

 

42

3-3.

 

Spanish tagging data for Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay) from 1976 to 1991.

 

44

3-4.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna release and recovery data from the United States tagging program in the western Atlantic Ocean. Tag returns are by year tagged and years out for all tag types.

 

46

3-5.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna release and recovery data from the U.S. tagging program in the western Atlantic Ocean. Tag returns are by year tagged and years out for fish tagged with a single tag.

 

48

3-6.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna release and recovery data from the U.S. tagging program in the western Atlantic Ocean. Tag returns are by year tagged and years out for fish tagged with two or more tags.

 

50

3-7.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from 1976 to 1991. Month of tagging versus month of recapture, all types of tags.

 

52

3-8.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged in the western Atlantic Ocean from 1954 to 1990. Month of tagging versus month of recapture.

 

53

3-9.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna release and recovery data from the U.S. tagging program in the western Atlantic Ocean. Tag returns are by year tagged and years out for single tags, double tags recovered with two tags, and double tags recovered with single tags.

 

54

3-10.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna release and recovery data from the U.S. tagging program in the western Atlantic Ocean. Tag returns are by year tagged and quarters out for fish tagged with a single tag, tagged with two tags and recovered with two tags, and tagged with two tags and returned with one tag.

 

56

3-11.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged in the western Atlantic Ocean from 1971 to 1978. Estimates of annual instantaneous shedding rates using observed catches are shown in A, while B shows the observed catches increased by 20% for nonreporting.

 

58

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3-12.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged with a single tag from 1971 to 1978. VPA analysis on the reported catches in number of fish, by time before recapture stratified by quarter-year intervals.

 

59

3-13.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged with two or more tags from 1971 to 1978. VPA analysis on the reported catches, with two tags remaining, in number of fish by time before recapture stratified by quarter-year intervals.

 

60

3-14.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged with a single tag from 1971 to 1978. VPA analysis on the reported catches in number of fish, increased by 20% to account for assumed non-reporting of tags, by time before recapture stratified by quarter-year intervals.

 

61

3-15.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged with a two or more tags from 1971 to 1978. VPA analysis on the reported catches in number of fish with two tags remaining, increased by 20% to account for assumed non-reporting of tags, by time before recapture stratified by quarter-year intervals.

 

62

3-16.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged in the western Atlantic Ocean with single, double, and multiple tags.

 

63

3-17.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged in the western Atlantic Ocean with a single tag.

 

63

3-18.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged with a single tag in the western Atlantic Ocean and recovered from the western Atlantic Ocean by year and by number of quarters out.

 

64

3-19.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged with a single tag in the western Atlantic Ocean and recovered from the eastern Atlantic Ocean by year and by number of quarters out.

 

66

3-20.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and recovered in the eastern Atlantic Ocean versus time before recapture and a regression analysis of the natural logarithm of catch number against years out.

 

68

3-21.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna tagged in the western Atlantic Ocean from 1960 to 1981 with a single tag and recovered in the western Atlantic Ocean vs. years before recapture and a regression analysis of the natural logarithm of catch number against years out.

 

69

3-22.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna. VPA analysis on fish tagged in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from 1976 to 1991.

 

70

3-23.

 

Atlantic bluefin tuna. VPA analysis on fish tagged in the western Atlantic Ocean from 1960 to 1981.

 

72

3-24.

 

Estimates of transfer rates from east to west in the Atlantic Ocean, using tagging data.

 

74

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3-25.

 

Estimates of transfer rates from west to east in the Atlantic Ocean, using tagging data.

 

75

4-1.

 

Estimates of small bluefin tuna CPUE from rod and reel and handline.

 

84

4-2.

 

Relative abundance of small bluefin tuna from effort-weighted nonlinear least-squares regression.

 

85

4-3.

 

Estimates of giant bluefin tuna CPUE from rod and reel and handline.

 

87

4-4.

 

Relative abundance of giant bluefin tuna from effort-weighted nonlinear least-squares analysis.

 

88

4-5.

 

Estimates of relative CPUE of giant bluefin tuna from captains' logbook data.

 

90

4-6.

 

Trend analysis of abundance indices for western Atlantic bluefin tuna.

 

91

4-7.

 

Trend analysis results for CPUE indices of Tables 1-5.

 

93

4-8.

 

Spawning stock abundance and biomass ratios (1993/1988 and 1993/1975) for the western component of the Atlantic bluefin tuna.

 

99

4-9.

 

Estimated exploitation rates by age in 1992 for the different cases.

 

100

4-10.

 

Instantaneous fishing mortality rates as estimated for the different cases considered in the VPA.

 

101

4-11

 

Contribution of each index and total weighted sum of squared residuals for each of the cases considered in the VPA.

 

102

E-1.

 

Prevalence of Nasicola sp. parasites in bluefin tuna related to age of the host and to locale.

 

142

E-2.

 

Prevalence of Elytrophora sp. parasites in bluefin tuna related to age of the host and to the locale of host capture.

 

144

E-3.

 

Prevalence of Nasicola sp., Elytrophora sp., and both parasites in the same host for western Atlantic bluefin tuna age 2 to 6.

 

144

F-1.

 

Estimates of mixing between the two stocks based on discriminant function analysis using jackknife probabilities of group membership of adult bluefin tuna sampled from a variety of locations and at different times.

 

148

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