Domestication of Thunnus thynnus – DOTT Proceeding of the first international Symposium held at the University of Cartagena, Spain, 3rd – 8th February, 2002 Scientific Editors Christopher R. Bridges Antonio Garcia-Gómez Hillel Gordin 1 With support from European Union – FP5 Quality of Life Program Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) Universidad Politecnica Cartagena Institut Français de Recherche pour l ´Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Aşociación de Empresarios de Tũnidos De la Región de Murcia (ASETUN) Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM) Asamblea Regional de Murcia Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Cartagena Concejalia de la Mujer, Educacion y Cultura 2 DOTT STEERING COMMITTEE Hillel Gordin (NCM-IOLR, Israel) Antonio Garcia (IEO, Spain) Fernando de la Gándara (IEO, Spain) Joaquin Roca (UPCT, Spain) Ginés José Méndez (ASETUN, Spain) Christopher Bridges (Univ. Duesseldorf, Germany) François Rene (IFREMER, France) Christian Fauvel (IFREMER, France) Constantinos Mylonas (IMBC, Greece) Pascal Divanach (IMBC, Greece) Andonis Magoulas (IMBC, Greece) Gabriel Mourente (UCA, Spain) Antonio Medina (UCA, Spain) Zarko Peric (MCIS, Malta) † Daniel Beaz (ETSIN, Spain) Jose Fernando Nuñez (ETSIN, Spain) David de Monbrison (CEASM, France) Lorenzo Colombo (Univ. Padova, Italy) Gregorio Demetrio (Univ. Bari, Italy) Douglas R. Tocher (Univ. Stirling, UK) † Deceased December 2002 3 This Proceedings Volume is dedicated to the memory and work of two of our colleagues, Zarko Peric and Bart Vlaminck who died tragically in car accident in December 2002. 4 List of contents FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................... 8 F. J. ABASCAL, C. MEGINA AND A. MEDINA................................................................................... 10 G. P. ARNOLD, G. DE METRIO, B.A. BLOCK, J.M. DE LA SERNA AND P. MEGALOFONOU ...... 12 V. BEAZ................................................................................................................................................. 17 D. BEAZ AND J. F. NÚÑEZ.................................................................................................................. 20 C. R. BRIDGES, V. SUSCA, J. EICKER, A. CORRIERO, G. DE METRIO, P. MEGALOFONOU***,M. DE LA SERNA AND D. KIME............................................................................................................... 24 R. W. BRILL .......................................................................................................................................... 27 N. CAILL-MILLY, M. SUQUET, G. DIEZ AND H. ARRIZABALAGA................................................... 30 J. L. CORT ............................................................................................................................................ 33 D. COVÈS, F. RENÉ AND C. FAUVEL ................................................................................................ 39 M. DEFLORIO, N. SANTAMARIA, F. CIRILLO, A. DI SUMMA, E. TERIO AND G. DE METRIO ..... 40 Z. ESSED, I. FERNÁNDEZ, F.J. ALARCÓN, M. DÍAZ AND F.J. MOYANO....................................... 44 J. FALCÓN, L. BESSEAU AND G. BŒUF .......................................................................................... 47 C. J. FARWELL .................................................................................................................................... 50 I. FERRANTE*, P. DI MARCO, S. PASSI, R. RICCI, F. BERTOLINO AND S. CATAUDELLA ……..54 A. FONTENEAU AND J-M. FROMENTIN ............................................................................................ 57 A. GARCÍA-GÓMEZ, F. DE LA GÁNDARA, T. RAJA AND ATUNES DE MAZARRÓN S.L. ............ 61 F. AGUADO GIMÉNEZ AND B. GARCÍA GARCÍA............................................................................. 64 N. M. GOUVEIA, C. A. ANDRADE AND L. GOUVEIA ....................................................................... 66 S. IKEDA ............................................................................................................................................... 68 T. KAJI .................................................................................................................................................. 70 F. S. KARAKULAK ............................................................................................................................... 75 I. KATAVIC, V. TICINA AND V. FRANICEVIC..................................................................................... 79 5 I. KATAVIC, V. TICINA AND V. FRANICEVIC..................................................................................... 84 M. SERGE LARZABAL ....................................................................................................................... 90 M. LUTCAVAGE, R.W. BRILL, J.PORTER, P. HOWEY, T. ROLLINS, E. MURRAY, JR., A. MENDILLO, M. GENOVESE, AND W. CHAPRALES......................................................................... 94 A. MATEO, J.A. VILLAREJO, F. SOTO, J. ROCA, J. ROCA JR., A. GARCÍA, F. DE LA GÁNDARA AND ATUNES DE MAZARRÓN S.L. ................................................................................................... 96 A. MEDINA............................................................................................................................................ 98 P. MEGALOFONOU, K. PLATIS, G. DE METRIO AND N. SANTAMARIA ...................................... 104 D. DE MONBRISON AND B. GUILLAUMIE....................................................................................... 107 P. MONTAGUE ................................................................................................................................... 118 G. MOURENTE AND D. R. TOCHER................................................................................................. 121 T. NORITA........................................................................................................................................... 128 I.K. ORAY AND F.S. KARAKULAK ................................................................................................... 132 P.PAQUOTTE ..................................................................................................................................... 134 Z. PERIC.............................................................................................................................................. 138 Z. PERIC,............................................................................................................................................. 139 F. RENE............................................................................................................................................... 140 J. ROCA, J. ROCA JR., F. SOTO, J.A. VILLAREJO, AND A. MATEO............................................ 142 H. ROSENFELD, U. KLENKE, H. GORDIN AND Y. ZOHAR ............................................................ 147 N. SANTAMARIA , A.CORRIERO , S. DESANTIS , D. ZUBANI , R. GENTILE , V. SCISCIOLI , M. DE LA SERNA ,C.R. BRIDGES AND G. DE METRIO ........................................................................... 151 A.SMART, P.C. SYLVIA AND S. BELLE ........................................................................................... 167 M. SUDRE ........................................................................................................................................... 171 V. SUSCA, A CORRIERO, M. DEFLORIO, S. DESANTIS, C.R. BRIDGES AND G. DE METRIO . ............................................................................................................................................................. 173 P. SYLVIA, S. BELLE AND A. SMART.............................................................................................. 177 6 D. ZUBANI , A. CORRIERO , S. DESANTIS., F. ACONE.,M. DE LA SERNA , J. EICKER , C.R. BRIDGES , P. MEGALOFONOU. AND G DE METRIO G................................................................. 180 SUMMARY OF MEETING CONCLUSIONS: ......................................................... 183 OBITUARIES.............................................................................................................................. 185 LIST OF PARTICPANTS.................................................................................................... 188 7 Foreword The inception of the idea to domesticate the BFT as a European drive occurred while on a short sabbatical in Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Policy Center in 1996. I was looking for a species or a group of species that will help close the developing gap between demand and supply of fish in the future, fish species that will serve, in times to come, as the “beef cattle” of the sea. I was looking for a species that has a fast growth rate, good ratio of edible meat to body weight (70%) and a wide temperature range. After screening many species, I have come to considering the Blue Fin Tuna (BFT) as a candidate Species for Future Mariculture. Controlling the life cycle of the BFT will also help maintaining and enhancing its wild population in the future by developing a re-stocking program. I aired the idea with a few colleagues (who became friends over the years) and received encouraging reactions (first stations; CIHEAM meeting in Tanger, Morocco, and then at the Univ. of Cadiz, Spain).