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| This interactive version of the Atlas presents the global distribution of catches by gear from 1950 to 2008, at 5° latitude by 5° longitude resolution, of those tuna and tuna-like species for which this distribution is generally well known on the global scale. These species consist of the so-called principal market tunas and some billfishes. |
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This version of the Atlas includes an update of the 5° by 5° data provided by various regional and national institutions, covering the period up to 2008, with the exception of IATTC, which supplied data only to 2003 for longline catches in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Background information on tuna and tuna-like species that is available from FAO’s website can be accessed from the following topics:- Tuna resources
- Tuna fisheries and utilization
- FAO activities on tuna
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