Comprehensive Italian Annotated Bibliography on Small Tunas

Di Natale, Antonio;Piccinetti, Corrado;Addis, Piero;Garibaldi, Fulvio;Tinti, Fausto

2022-01-01

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Abstract

Italian scientists have a long tradition of studies and research on many large pelagic species including, among others, the small tunas. The various small tuna species are important for the Italian fishery since many centuries, mostly from a socio-economical point of view. Some non-indigenous species are now present in the ICCAT Convention area. This list includes the many papers published so far by Italian scientists, concerning the biology of these species, the fisheries and many other scientific and cultural issues. The aim of this paper is to provide as much as possible a comprehensive annotated bibliography, with specific keywords in English, even if it is surely incomplete, because of the many papers published over the years. This bibliography, updated till 2020, includes 394 annotated citations, and it was set up together to serve the scientists and to help them in finding some rare references that might be useful for their work.