Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 214

Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 265.3 cm TL; 239 FL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 1-464 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas, but absent from the Mediterranean Sea. Caught by the tuna seiners, during the dry season. Main species targeted by the tuna fishery, with juvenile caught on FAD’s. (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.