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| | | Dimension: | Spatial catches | | Unit: | Tonnes |
| Key: | Tuna and billfish species | | Type: | species | | More info: | Principal Market Tunas and Billfishes are considered in this Atlas. Their common names (FAO, 2000) are listed below with their scientific names given in brackets followed by the FAO abbreviation in uppercase.- albacore (Thunnus alalunga), ALB
- Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), BFT
- Atlantic white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus), WHM
- bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), BET
- black marlin (Makaira indica), BLM
- blue marlin (Makaira nigricans), BUM
- Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalus), PBF
- skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), SKJ
- Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), SBF
- striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax), MLS
- swordfish (Xiphias gladius), SWO
- yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), YFT
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| Key: | Gear | | Type: | gear type | | Code system: | The codes represent the standard abbreviation for gears of the "International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear (ISSCFG)": | | More info: | - LL - longline
- PL - pole and line
- PS - purse seine
- OTH - Other gears
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| Key: | Water areas | | Type: | geographic grid | | Code system: | Grid of cells 5°latitude x 5°longitude | | More info: | XYYZZZ (Six Digits Code for identification of cell)
where
X = quadrant (1=NE, 2=SE, 3=SW, 4=NW)
YY = degrees of latitude of the corner closest to 0° longitude and 0° latitude
ZZZ = degrees of longitude of the corner closest to 0°
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