Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Population

The population of tuna worldwide is decreasing due to being overfished. Yet some studies claim, that overfishing is not the main cause of the tuna population reduction. Christelle Ravier and Jean-Marc Fromentin in their paper "Long-term fluctuations in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna population" came to the conclusion that the bluefin tuna population may be influence by biotic and environmental factors more than by overexploitation. This simulation will use available data of population size, juvenile death, environmental influences, fishing statistics and other to investigate whether overfishing is the main culprit for bluefin tuna population decline.

Method

papers, source data