Table 2.
Numbers and sizes of individuals in the mixed sample of juvenile and non-spawning adult Atlantic bluefin tuna analysed using otolith chemistry and genetic markers.
| Mixed sample | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length (cm) Mean (range) |
Sample sizes Chemistry (genetics and chemistry) |
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Total | ||
| Central North Atlantic | ||||||||||
| Central Atlantic (CA) | 204 (121–275) | 3 (0) | 115 (0) | 94 (45) | 167 (73) | 118 (49) | 177 (76) | 108 (57) | 782 (300) | |
| East Atlantic | ||||||||||
| Bay of Biscay (BB) | 100 (77–106) | 104 (0) | 108 (0) | 104 (82) | 52 (10) | 368 (92) | ||||
| Canary Islands (CI) | 229 (206–263) | 23 (23) | 38 (0) | 23 (0) | 44 (42) | 128 (65) | ||||
| Morocco (MO) | 145 (42–275) | 33 (0) | 49 (49) | 58 (58) | 49 (48) | 50 (46) | 50 (49) | 289 (250) | ||
| Gibraltar (GI) | 153 (51–239) | 19 (0) | 81 (0) | 100 (0) | ||||||
| Portugal (PO) | 209 (170–281) | 93 (27) | 30 (16) | 123 (43) | ||||||
| Western Mediterranean | ||||||||||
| Balearic Islands (BA) | 83 (106–77) | 36 (0) | 36 (0) | |||||||
| Central Mediterranean | ||||||||||
| Sardinia (SA) | 135 (123–147) | 8 (0) | 8 (0) | |||||||
| Adriatic Sea (AS) | 122 (110–133) | 47 | 47 (0) | |||||||