of overfishing, the species moved to the category "Least Concern" in 2021. Several stocks were in significant decline but are now recovering thanks to the enforcement of regional fishing quotas.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

The first scientific description of the albacore was authored in 1788 by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre in the illustrated encyclopedia Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois règnes de la nature. He originally placed it in

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