A review of the data availability, model configuration and parameterization of the 2019 Indian Ocean albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga), stock assessment in the Indian Ocean.

This paper presents a review of the data availability, model configuration and parameterization of the 2019 Indian Ocean albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga), stock assessment in the Indian Ocean. This review covers the basics of the 2019 assessment, for details concerning the history of the fishery and the assessment history the reader is referred to the actual assessment document (IOTC–2019–WPTmT07(AS)–11). The conclusions, stock status and findings presented here are directly from the Report of the Seventh Session of the IOTC Working Party on Temperate Tunas: Assessment Meeting (IOTC–2019–WPTmT07(AS)–R[E])