Number of sampled Atlantic bluefin tuna and month of capture by geographical zone and fishing gear.

Geographical areas: BB = Bay of Biscay, AIMA = Atlantic Iberian-Moroccan Area, SG = Strait of Gibraltar, ECA = Eastern Central Atlantic, WCA = Western Central Atlantic Central, GOM = Gulf of Mexico, GSL = Gulf of St. Lawrence, MAB = Mid-Atlantic Bight, MAGESS = Gulf of Maine, George’s Bank and Scotian Shelf, SABFEC = South Atlantic bight, Florida East Coast and Sargasso Sea, WATL = Unidentified western Atlantic, EM = Eastern Mediterranean, CM = Central Mediterranean, WM = Western Mediterranean