The stockStock:
The fish of a particular species reproducing in the same area in the same period. level of yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean is low and under the reference level but is not being overfishedOverfished:
A stock is overfished when the stock size has decreased so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. . The pole and line fishery is selective with little bycatch and no discards. For this fishery baitfish are caught. The long-term effects of the catching of baitfish are unclear but probably minimal. The fishery does not harm vulnerable [habitats]. The management of pole and line fishery in the western and central Pacific Ocean is partially effective.