To create the new CPUE based on the fishing effort for searching skipjack fishing ground or fish school, GPS data loggers were deployed on 7 Japanese pole and line vessels(< 200 GRT) from July to September 2010. The position and speed of vessels were logged in every 1 second. Start and end time of fishing (angling) and skipjack catch (ton) of each fishing activities were recorded on the field n...

In order to study the culicine mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae: Culicinae) of the Shadegan wetland in southern Khouzestan Province of Iran, sampling was carried out using hand catch, total catch, and New Jersy light traps, from October 2008 to March 2009. A total of 2664 culicine mosquitoes were captured. Three genera and five species were identified, including Culex pipiens L., Cx. tritaeni...

This paper analyses North Pacific longline operational data from research and training vessel surveys (1992-2008) and commercial longline logbook records (1993-2008) provided by Japan for onsite analysis in Shimizu during January-March 2011. Both data sets required filtering to remove records believed to under-report actual shark catches. The analysis was based on 7,974 sets representing 10 ves...