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| Doray, Mathieu; Petitgas, Pierre; Nelson, Laetitia; Mahevas, Stephanie; Josse, E; Reynal, Lionel. |
| Fish-aggregating devices (FADs) are increasingly used worldwide to enhance tuna catches. Meanwhile, ecosystem-based management of this fishery is constrained by a paucity of information regarding the interaction of FAD-associated tuna aggregations with their local environment. This paper reports the results of a nine-month study around a FAD moored near Martinique Island, aimed at assessing the effects of the local environment on the variability of monthly estimates of proximate tuna biomass. Dual-frequency, active acoustics provided highresolution quantitative data on the pelagic community around the FAD, from fish to micronekton forage. Geostatistics were used to compute biomass estimates of the tuna aggregation comprising most of the FADassociated fish... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Lesser Antilles; Tuna; Environment; Geostatistics; Biomass estimation; Fish aggregating device. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6162.pdf |
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