What does TUN stand for?

Tunas (FAO fish species code)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has agreed to slash the total catch in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea from 22,000 tons this year to 13,500 tons for 2010.

Japan hails bluefin tuna quota cuts

The Commission announced the decision Monday following weekend talks in Brazil by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

EU: bluefin tuna catches to be reduced

It has called on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and its adjacent seas - to introduce a moratorium on commercial bluefin tuna fishing in the region following scientific evidence that collapse is "probable".

Bluefin tuna on verge of imminent collapse

An innovation at the ACINOX stainless steel company in Las Tunas saved the island more than $2 million in 2006 and helped diversify production, reports Granma.

ACINOX innovation saves Cuba money

By 2004, the number of adult Atlantic bluefin tuna capable of spawning had plummeted to roughly 19 percent of the 1975 level in the western half of the ocean, according to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

Summit aims to save tuna supply; Stocks collapsing on consumer binge; ...

Abstract--Skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and bigeye (Thunnus obesus) tunas are caught by purse-seine vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO).

The potential use of time-area closures to reduce catches of bigeye ...

Not only are fishers exceeding quotas set by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the main body overseeing tuna stocks in the region, but they are intentionally underreporting their catches to avoid taxes and exploit rapidly declining fisheries, say WWF researchers.

Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery at risk of collapse