Pelagic fish Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea. The term highly migratory species (HMS) is a legal term which has its origins in Article 64 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The highly migratory species include: tuna and tuna-like species (albacore, Atlantic bluefin, bigeye tuna, skipjack, yellowfin, blackfin, little tunny, Pacific bluefin, southern bluefin and bullet), pomfret, marlin, sailfish, swordfish, saury and oceangoing sharks, dolphins and other cetaceans. Essentially, highly migratory species coincide with the larger of the "large pelagic fish", discussed in the previous section, if cetaceans are added and some
HMS Skipjack (1808) HMS Skipjack (1808) HMS "Skipjack" was the French privateer schooner "Confiance", launched in 1800 at Baltimore. The Royal Navy captured her in 1808 and took her into service. She then participated in the capture of Guadeloupe in 1810. She was paid off in 1811 and broken up in 1812. The French armed "Confiance" at Guadeloupe in October 1806. Though pierced for 16 guns, she carried fewer. On 12 December 1807, "Confiance", of seven guns and 90 men, captured the packet "Duke of Montrose" after an engagement that lasted three and a half hours. "Duke of Montrose" did not strike until