Abstract
Abstract A four-year research program to obtain information for assessing the condition of the Atlantic skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, population and for developing plans for the rational exploitation of the resource was initiated by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in 1979. The program has so far contributed to the development of a new fishery off Brazil, completed exploration of potential fishing areas in the Caribbean Sea and off Angola, sponsored tagging of 27,700 fish, and generated a considerable amount of fishery statistics and biological information. Analysis of the data and information is planned for 1982 and a scientific meeting is planned for 1983 to review the results and relate them to the needs of the ICCAT.
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