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Discover Magazine (Thu 2 Oct, 2008)
Juvenile Fish From the Gulf and the Mediterranean Mingle in the Atlantic
Staff quoted: Dave Secor
Young bluefin tuna travel the wide, blue, Atlantic Ocean much more extensively than researchers had previously realized, and the new findings should influence how the declining tuna fisheries are managed, researchers say. According to a new study, juvenile tuna born in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Mediterranean both swim to the waters off the mid-Atlantic coast, where they mingle for a while before returning to their native grounds to breed.