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| Floch, Laurent; Depetris, Mathieu; Dewals, Patrice; Duparc, Antoine; Kaplan, David; Lebranchu, Julien; Marsac, Francis; Pernak, Marianne; Bach, Pascal. |
| In 2018, a total of 14 French vessels operated in the eastern Indian Ocean including 12 purse seiners and 2 supplies. The total capacity weighted by the months of activity for each vessel is 11686t. The total nominal effort in 2018 was of 2885 fishing days and 2723 sets with 2463 sets on floating objects and 260 on free schools. In 2018, the percentage of sets on FOB was 90% and the catches reached 91%. The total catch of the French component of the EU purse seine fleet of the Indian Ocean was 84,729 t, being composed of 36%, 58%, and 6% of yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna, and bigeye tuna respectively. Thus, the most noticeable change in 2018 is the shift of catches from the free school sets, dominated by yellowfin, to the associated school sets, dominated... |
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Palavras-chave: Tropical tuna fisheries; French purse seining; Free swimming school; Fish aggregating devices; Katsuwonus pelamis; Thunnus albacares; Thunnus obesus. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00590/70259/68318.pdf |
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| Baidai, Yannick; Dagorn, Laurent; Gaertner, Daniel; Denebourg, Jean-louis; Duparc, Antoine; Floch, Laurent; Capello, Manuela. |
| This paper presents an associative behavior-based abundance index (ABBI) providing direct estimates of the abundance of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) based on their associative behavior around floating objects (FOBs). Considering the associative dynamics of small yellowfin tuna individuals (<10 kg) at FOBs through residence and absence times at FOBs, together with acoustic data obtained from fisher’s echosounder buoys, the ABBI index is derived for yellowfin tuna in the western Indian Ocean over the period 2013-2019. This index accounts for both the FOB-associated and free-swimming components of the tuna populations, as well as for the effects of increasing numbers of FOBs on each component. |
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Palavras-chave: Abundance Index; Associative behavior; FADs; Yellowfin tuna. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00693/80507/83718.pdf |
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