Educational resources on Northern Bluefin Tuna

Northern Bluefin Tuna or Thunnus thynnus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . IUCN Profile of the Northern Bluefin Tuna

Academic web links for the Northern Bluefin Tuna.

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Bluefin Tuna
English language common names include bluefin tuna, Atlantic bluefin tuna, blue fin tuna, bluefin tunny, blue-fin tunny, northern bluefin tuna, and squid hound.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/BluefinTuna/BluefinTuna.html

Marine Ecology Progress Series 218:275
Discrimination of northern bluefin tuna from nursery areas in the Pacific Ocean using otolith chemistry Marine Ecology Progress Series 218:275
www.tamug.edu/pelagic/Publications_files/Rooker_et_al_2001b_MEPS.pdf

Department of Fisheries & Allied Aquacultures
The hearts of 12 similarly sized northern bluefin tuna (127–262 cm TL) from George’s Bank, northwest Atlantic Ocean, were not infected. This is the first report of C. forsteri
www.ag.auburn.edu/fish/directory/faculty/detail-view-test.php?recordID=2412

Marine Fisheries - Pacific Tuna - 9
A Model for the Migrations of Pacific Northern Bluefin Tuna. From Bayliff (1990); Status of the northern bluefin tuna in the Pacific Ocean.
oregonstate.edu/instruct/fw465/sampson/tuna/tuna09.htm

Sorry, Charlie: Condition Of Bluefin Tuna In Gulf Of Maine Is ...
To read the article "Decline in condition of northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Maine," go to http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1053/golet.pdf.
www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2007/aug/bp23tuna.cfm

Publications
Rooker, JR, Secor DH, Zdanowicz VS, Itoh T (2001) Discrimination of northern bluefin tuna from nursery areas in the Pacific Ocean using otolith chemistry.
www.tamug.edu/pelagic/publications.htm

Dr. David Secor: Research Themes
Discrimination of northern bluefin tuna from nursery areas in the Pacific Ocean using otolith elemental fingerprints. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 218: 275-282.
www.cbl.umces.edu/~secor/tuna.html

Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures: Auburn University
Cardicola forsteri (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the Heart of a Northern Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Scombridae), in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
www.ag.auburn.edu/fish/directory/faculty/bullard.php

Fisheries Ecology and Ecosystem Research Lab: Pelagic Research
Rooker JR, Secor DH, Zdanowicz VS, Itoh T (2001) Discrimination of northern bluefin tuna from nursery areas in the Pacific Ocean using otolith chemistry.
www.tamug.edu/rooker/pelagic.html

ADW: Scombridae: Information
Thunnus obesus (bigeye tuna) was listed as vulnerable, and two others, Thunnus alalunga (albacore tuna) and Thunnus thynnus (northern bluefin tuna) may be threatened as well.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Scombridae.html