Analysis of the spatio-temporal pattern of Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis australis) abundance in the bottom-trawl fisheries in the southwest Atlantic using GIS techniques
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/842Visitar enlace: ICES CM 2004/ K: 59
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Portela, J. (Julio); Brickle, P. (Paul); Pierce, G.J. (Graham John); Sacau-Cuadrado, M.M. (María del Mar); Wang, J. (Jianjun); Bellido-Millán, J.M. (José María); Cardoso, X.A. (Xosé Antón)Date
2004Type
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Southern blue whitingMicromesistius australis australis
SW Atlantic
GIS
spawning
environment
spatio-temporal pattern
Abstract
Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis australis ) inhabits the waters of the
Southern Hemisphere, and in the south-west Atlantic Ocean. It is distributed over an area next to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, where it is commonly the most abundant commercial finfish species. This fish migrates to the outer Falkland shelf and aggregates in dense schools to spawn in August-September in the south-western part of the islands. Feeding concentrations of Southern blue whiting are targeted by specialized surimi vessels until the following March. Southern blue whiting is also taken as an occasional bycatch by finfish trawlers. Fishery and
biological information collected by scientific observers aboard commercial Spanish trawlers
between 1988 and 2003 were analysed in relation to physical and environmental factors to establish the spatio-temporal pattern of the species. The data included 26 168 commercial
hauls of which 4 797 positive (including effort, catches and discards, as well as ...
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