This is the reference case scenario for Yellowfin Tuna for the 2017 Stock Assessment.

Stock assessment of yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean Rev 1 (26 July 2017), Tremblay-Boyer L., S. McKechnie, G. Pilling and J. Hampton. Oceanic Fisheries Programme. The Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.

This paper describes the 2017 stock assessment of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares in the western and central Pacific Ocean. The model time period now extends to the end of 2015, adding a further three years of data since the last stock assessment was conducted in 2014. New developments to the stock assessment include addressing relevant recommendations of the 2014 yellowfin stock assessment report (Davies et al., 2014), investigation of an alternative regional structure, exploration of uncertainties in the assessment model, particularly in response to the inclusion of additional years of data, and improving diagnostic weaknesses of previous assessments.