Editing Albacore (section)

===Life history===
The albacore's reproduction is [[oviparous]] and a {{convert|20|kg|lb|abbr=on}} female can produce between 2–3 million eggs per spawning,<ref name=fao/> which usually takes place between November and February.<ref name=ramon>{{cite journal |last1=Ramon |first1=Darlene |last2=Bailey |first2=Kevin |title=Spawning seasonality of albacore, ''Thunnus alalunga'', in the South Pacific Ocean |journal=Fishery Bulletin |volume=94 |issue=4 |pages=725–733 |date=4 October 1996 |url=https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1996/944/ramon.pdf }}</ref> Eggs mature outside of the female's body and hatch in 1–2 days, after which [[fry (biology)|fry]] begin to grow quickly. For the first year of their lives, juveniles remain close to the place where they were hatched. They begin to migrate after their first year. Albacore have a lifespan of 11–12 years, but they reach reproductive maturity at around 5–6 years.<ref name=thisfish>[http://thisfish.info/fishery/species/albacore-tuna/ "Albacore Tuna"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929125728/http://thisfish.info/fishery/species/albacore-tuna/ |date=2013-09-29 }} This fish. ThisFish & Ecotrust Canada 25 Oct 2013.</ref>

A large majority of albacore have larger right testes or ovaries, depending on sex. Albacore have asynchronous [[oocyte]] development, that is their immature egg cells do not develop at regular intervals. The creation of [[Ovum|ova]], known as [[oogenesis]], begins with the rapid production of [[oogonia]] (undifferentiated germ cells that give rise to oocytes) by mitotic separations in the oogonial nests of female tuna. The resulting oocytes are cast ''en masse'' into the sea, where full development and later fertilization take place.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/s1546-5098(01)19007-2 |chapter=Reproductive biology of tunas |title=Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution |series=Fish Physiology |year=2001 |last1=Schaefer |first1=Kurt M. |volume=19 |pages=225–270 |isbn=978-0-12-350443-2 }}</ref>