Achieving consistent spawning of captive yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) broodstock at Gondol Research Institute for Mariculture, Bali, Indonesia

• Gondol Research Institute for Mariculture, Indonesia

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is considered a promising new species and a potentially valuable surrogate species for a range of research activities, e.g. propagation and nutrition, that could contribute to future research on other more valuable tuna species, e.g. southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). The Gondol Research Institute for Mariculture in Bali has a collaborative research and development program on the yellowfin tuna, and consultations between Indonesia and Australia have agreed to support and enhance this program. This project will initiate ongoing tuna aquaculture collaboration between Australia and Indonesia, and represents an opportunity to achieve desirable outcomes of significant potential benefit to both countries. It aims to achieve consistent spawning of captive yellowfin tuna broodstock and help to achieve successful rearing of fingerlings.