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Fishing and farming of the northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.) in the Adriatic Sea.

Since 1996 the farming of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Croatia has developed rapidly due to the high prices offered by the Japanese market. Bluefin tuna in the Adriatic Sea are mostly fished by purse seine for farming purposes. After capture they are kept in cages and fed for a 2 to 3-year period. This practice improves the limited fishing quota, by increasing the output tuna product biomass and its market value, without additional capture fishing mortality. This paper traces the tuna farming development in the Adriatic Sea and includes some constraints regarding the environmental impact which industry had to face.

Bluefin tuna; fishing; farming

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