Exchange rates of yellowfin and bigeye tunas and fishery interaction between Cross seamount and near-shore FADs in Hawaii

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  • John Sibert
  • Kim Holland
  • David Itano
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− Yellowfin and bigeye tunas (Thunnus albacores and Thunnus obesus) were tagged and released between August 1995 and December 1997 at Cross Seamount and NOAA weather buoys about 200 Nmi south of Honolulu. The release and recapture data were stratified into five sites, and a bulk transfer model was used to estimate natural mortality, fishing mortality and transfer rates between the five sites. Bigeye are much more persistent at Cross seamount and less vulnerable to the fishery than yellowfin. Fishing accounts for about 5 % of the total mortality of both bigeye and yellowfin at Cross Seamount. Yellowfin are a major component of catches at inshore FADs in Hawaii. The rate of immigration from Cross Seamount to the inshore FADs is very low for both species. The fishing mortality at Cross seamount is substantial but is not adversely impacting the populations either at Cross or the inshore FADs. © 2000 Ifremer/CNRS/INRA/IRD/Cemagref/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS tagging / tuna fish / seamount / fishery / model / FAD / Thunnus albacores / Thunnus obesus Résumé − Taux d’échanges d’albacores et de thons obèses et interaction sur la pêche entre le mont sous-marin « Cross » et les dispositifs de concentration de poissons à Hawaï. Des albacores et des thons obèses (Thunnus albacores et Thunnus obesus) ont été marqués et relâchés entre août 1995 et décembre 1997 au mont sous-marin Cross et aux bouées météorologiques de la NOAA à environ 200 milles nautiques au sud d’Honolulu. Les données de marquage et de recapture stratifiées en 5 sites et un modèle de transfert global a été utilisé pour estimer la mortalité naturelle, la mortalité par pêche et le taux de transfert entre les 5 sites. Le thon obèse demeure davantage au mont sous-marin Cross, et est moins vulnérable à la pêche, que l’albacore. La pêche au niveau du mont sous-marin Cross, compte pour environ 5 % de la mortalité totale pour les deux espèces. L’albacore est une composante majeure des captures au niveau des dispositifs de concentrations de poissons (DCP) à Hawaï. Le taux d’immigration du mont sous-marin Cross, vers les DCP côtiers, est très faible pour les deux espèces. La mortalité par pêche au niveau du mont sous-marin est conséquente mais n’a pas d’impact défavorable sur les populations, que ce soit au mont sous-marin Cross ou au niveau des DCP côtiers. © 2000 Ifremer/CNRS/INRA/IRD/Cemagref/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS marquage / thon / mont sous-marin / pêche / Thunnus albacores / Thunnus obesus

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تاریخ انتشار 1999