Table 2. Summary of ichthyoplankton studies which have sampled bluefin tuna eggs in the Black Sea (no egg concentrations were given in the studies).

Reference	Area/region	Sampling years	Depth rangeof sampling	Presence/absence
[56]	Near Sevastopol	1933	Not stated	Present
[57]	Sampled near Karadag region (located on Crimea nearSimferopol’ and Yalta). Author states that results were similarto those seen near Sevastapol and Novorossiisk so authorconsidered results from all 3 areas to be representativefor NE part of Black Sea.	Not stated	Not stated	present
[58]	Northern Black Sea	1948–51	Not stated	present
[1], [59]	NW Black Sea (Mys Meganom andCape Tarkhankut, Ukraine)	1957	0–1 m	present
[62]	Southern Black Sea	1993	0–120 m	absent