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Decline of Pacific tuna populations exaggerated?

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Figure 1: Tuna catch per unit effort (CPUE) in the Pacific Ocean.

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  1. Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5, Noumea, 98848, New Caledonia

    John Hampton

  2. Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96822, Hawaii, USA

    John R. Sibert

  3. National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, 96822-2396, Hawaii, USA

    Pierre Kleiber

  4. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, 92037-1508, California, USA

    Mark N. Maunder & Shelton J. Harley

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