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Sulu Sulawesi Sea is a highly diverse marine region, which important for commercial fishing. However, the natural resources in this region are under escalating threat due to coastal development, overfishing, destructive fishing, pollution and sedimentation, which put tremendous pressure on the SSS marine ecosystem, especially on tuna population. Funded by Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research, this project aim to study the stock structure of longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), one of the neritic tuna species that is distributed exclusively near coastal areas.