Sampling protocol for skeletal structures of North Atlantic albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) and ageing interpretation

• Main Authors: Ortiz-de-Zárate, Victoria, Valeiras, Julio, Ruiz, Marta
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas 2007
• Subjects: Thunnus alalunga; Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Pesquerías; albacore; first dorsal spiny ray; age estimation; protocol; growth marks; North Atlantic; South Atlantic; Dorsale; Dorsale La
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/1674; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/328089

This paper presents a standardized protocol for sampling skeletal hard parts (dorsal fin ray and otoliths), preparation and age interpretation of albacore first dorsal fin ray. Ageing of albacore is focused in interpretation and reading of annual temporal marks (translucent bands) in first ray of do...