Acoustic assessment and distribution of anchovy and sardine in ICES Subdivision IXa South during the ECOCADIZ 2015‐07 Spanish survey (July‐August 2015) with notes on the distribution of other pelagic species
Authors
Ramos, F. (Fernando); Miquel-Batle, J. (Joan); Tornero, J. (Jorge); Oñate-Garcimartín, D. (Dolores); Jiménez, M.P. (María Paz)Date
2015Type
workingPaperKeywords
anchovysardine
Gulf of Cádiz
Sardina pilchardus
Engraulis encrasicolus
Fisheries acoustics
stock assesment
Abstract
The present working document summarises a part of the main results obtained from the Spanish (pelagic
ecosystem‐) acoustic survey conducted by IEO between 28th July and 10th August 2015 in the Portuguese and Spanish
shelf waters (20‐200 m isobaths) off the Gulf of Cadiz onboard the R/V Miguel Oliver. The 21 foreseen acoustic
transects were sampled. A total of 19 valid fishing hauls were carried out for echo‐trace ground‐truthing purposes.
CUFES sampling (117 stations) was carried during the survey in order to describe the extension of the anchovy
spawning area. A census of top predator species was also carried out along the sampled acoustic transects. This
working document only provides abundance and biomass estimates for anchovy and sardine which are presented
without age structure. The distribution of all the mid‐sized and small pelagic fish species susceptible of being
acoustically assessed is also shown from the mapping of their back‐scattering energies. Sardine was the most ...
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