highly migratory species/stocks
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marine species whose life cycle includes lengthy migrations, usually through the exclusive economic zone of two or more countries as well as into international waters. Tunas, marlins and swordfishes are the species usually considered under this heading
Dictionary of ichthyology.
2009.
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