The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Thunnus alalunga (North Atlantic stock)

 – Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: ACTINOPTERYGII
Order: PERCIFORMES
Family: SCOMBRIDAE
Scientific Name: Thunnus alalunga (North Atlantic stock)
Species Authority: (Cetti, 1777)
Common Name/s: ALBACORE TUNA (Eng)

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: VU A1bd    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Uozumi, Y.

Geographic Range

FAO Marine Fishing Areas: Native:

Atlantic-eastern central; Atlantic-northeast; Atlantic-northwest; Atlantic-western central

Habitat and Ecology

System: Marine

Citation: Uozumi, Y. 1996. Thunnus alalunga (North Atlantic stock). In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 May 2008.
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