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Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom. <i>NPG Scientific Reports 15(1)</i>: 293. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80861-w\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80861-w</a>","BEntID":403376,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>NPG Scientific Reports 15(1)</i>: 293. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80861-w\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80861-w</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Horton, T.W.; Binney, F.C.T.; Birch, S.; Block, B.A.; Exeter, O.M.; Garzon, F.; Plaster, A.; Righton, D.; van der Kooij, J.; Witt, M.J.; Hawkes, L.A.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Horton, T.W. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Understanding the spatial ecology of commercially exploited species is vital for their conservation. Atlantic bluefin tuna (<i>Thunnus thynnus</i>, ABT) are increasingly observed in northeast Atlantic waters, yet knowledge of these individuals’ spatial ecology remains limited. We investigate the horizontal and vertical habitat use of ABT (158 to 241&nbsp;cm curved fork length; CFL) tracked from waters off the United Kingdom (UK) using pop-up satellite archival tags (<i>n</i> = 63). Analyses reveal distinctive movements from the UK to the Bay of Biscay (BoB) and Central North Atlantic between September and December, and size-specific habitat preferences in May and July—all ABT &lt; 175&nbsp;cm CFL inhabiting the BoB and 73% of ABT ≥ 175 the Mediterranean Sea. All ABT tracked for more than 300 days (<i>n</i> = 25) returned to waters off the UK the following year, where most stayed (<i>n</i> = 22; 88%) and three continuing north with deployments ending off northwest Ireland. ABT mostly occupied waters between 0 and 20&nbsp;m (daytime 49 ± 6% of time; nighttime 71 ± 6%). 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