Large-scale experiment shows that nylon leaders reduce shark bycatch and benefit pelagic longline fishers   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Peter Ward  Emma Lawrence  Rebecca Darbyshire  Sheree Hindmarsh 《Fisheries Research》2008,90(1-3):100-108

We assess the performance of wire leaders, which some jurisdictions have banned to reduce shark mortality from pelagic longline fishing. Experiments were conducted off northeastern Australia on commercial vessels that deployed equal numbers of wire and nylon monofilament leaders randomly along their longlines. Catch rates of several species, including sharks, were lower on nylon than on wire leaders, probably because those animals often escape by biting through the nylon leaders. High bite-off rates indicate that as many animals escape from nylon leaders as are caught on nylon leaders. The fate of escaped animals is not known, although large sharks are more likely to survive than are small animals. By contrast, catch rates of valuable bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) were higher on nylon than on wire leaders. Bigeye tuna are probably able to see wire leaders and avoid those hooks. The financial benefits of increased bigeye tuna catches outweigh the costs associated with banning wire leaders, such as increased rates of gear loss. Thus, banning wire leaders is an effective way of reducing shark catches that fishers should be keen to adopt.  相似文献   

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in Canadian pelagic longline fisheries: Relative importance in the western North Atlantic and opportunities for mitigation     

John C. Brazner  James McMillan 《Fisheries Research》2008,91(2-3):310-324

Little is known about the ecology of loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, in Canadian waters. However, Canada's eastern waters off the Scotian Shelf, Georges Bank and Grand Banks appear to be seasonal foraging habitats based on dates and locations where they have been captured as fishery bycatch. Estimates derived from data recorded by the international observer program (IOP) and used for this study suggest that thousands of mostly immature loggerheads have been captured in the Canadian pelagic longline fishery (PLF) in the western North Atlantic since 1999. These data suggest that the PLFs for tuna and swordfish are among the most important causes of incidental capture. Although U.S. and Canadian bycatch estimation methods differ and uncertainty associated with the estimates is high, it is clear from the IOP data that bycatch in the Canadian PLF is substantial and roughly within the same magnitude as that reported for the entire U.S. fleet in the North Atlantic for the same period (1999–2005). Analysis of bycatch observer data from the Canadian PLF and other empirical data suggests that fishing at temperatures below 20 °C using fish rather than squid bait and size-18 circle hooks could reduce loggerhead bycatch and mortality. However, research is needed to identify the best options and their commercial viability. Loggerheads that use Canadian Maritime waters are one of the least studied groups of loggerheads in the world, so systematic long-term studies on the ecology of loggerheads in Canada would help fill important information gaps and assist in developing effective recovery plans for this species.  相似文献   

Determination of the quality parameters of pike perch <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sander lucioperca</Emphasis> caught by gillnet,longline and harpoon in Turkey     

Gülsün Özyurt  Yesim Özogul  Caner Enver Özyurt  Abdurrahman Polat  Fatih Özogul  Cengiz Gökbulut  Beyza Ersoy  Esmeray Küley 《Fisheries Science》2007,73(2):412-420

ABSTRACT:   The effects of the different catching methods (gillnet, longline, harpoon) on sensory, chemical (pH, total volatile base nitrogen, K -value) and microbiological (total viable count [TVC]) changes in pike perch Sander lucioperca stored in ice were investigated. The same soaking time was used for both gillnet and longline fishing. The catching method had considerable influence on the freshness quality of pike perch. The acceptable shelf life was 15 days for pike perch caught by gillnet, and 22 days for longline and harpoon. The initial concentrations of inosine monophosphate (2.4 μmol/g) in pike perch caught by gillnet were significantly lower ( P  < 0.05) than longline (4.1 μmol/g), and especially by harpoon (16.7 μmol/g). However, the initial K -values for fish caught by harpoon were significantly ( P  < 0.05) lower (24.36%) than fish caught by longline and gillnet (57.69%, 64.41%, respectively). The average K , Ki, G and H -values at rejection day in terms of sensory assessment were approximately 90, 98, 156 and 40%, respectively, for all catching methods during ice storage. However, TVC reached 7.0 log cfu/g after approximately 11 days of storage for fish caught by gillnet, 19 days for fish caught by longline and 8 days for fish caught by harpoon. The result of this study suggests that the best catching method for preserving the freshness of pike perch is longline, based on the data obtained from the sensory and microbiological analysis.  相似文献   

磁珠富集法制备大口鲶的微卫星分子标记   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

全迎春 《水产学报》2006,30(3):335-340

2004年3月16日-6月8日，在广东广远渔业集团有限公司玻璃钢大滚筒冷海水金枪鱼延绳钓渔船“华远渔19”号，对印度洋马尔代夫海域进行金枪鱼渔业调查。所获数据资料包括：①CTD测定的温度、盐度和深度数据，TDR测定的实际钩深；②作业参数，包括每次作业的钩数、投绳位置、投绳时间、航向、航速、出绳速度、两浮子间的钩数、起绳位置、起绳时间等；③渔场环境数据，包括风速、风向、钓具对地漂移速度和方向；④渔获统计，包括大眼金枪鱼的渔获尾数以及部分大眼金枪鱼的钓获钩号；⑤生物学数据，包括起捕时已死的大眼金枪鱼的体温。分析计算的方法和步骤为：①由理论公式推算出每次作业时各钩号的理论深度；②应用逐步回归的方法，建立理论钩深与实测的平均钩深之间的数学关系模型；③根据实际平均钩深模型计算出每个钓钩的平均作业深度；④根据CTD测得的作业地点的温度、盐度的垂直分布（41次），获得分布曲线。由此，以计算的钩深，从曲线上查出该尾鱼捕获水深处的温、盐数据；⑤根据121尾大眼金枪鱼的取样数据，推算出各水层、水温段、盐度段的渔获率；⑥根据起捕时已死的34尾大眼金枪鱼（鱼体发硬）的体温、以死鱼体温为引数，在曲线上查出该尾鱼捕获水深和盐度；最后，对钓获的大眼金枪鱼的钓获水层、水温和盐度进行了总体分析。分析结果表明：在马尔代夫海域，捕获大眼金枪鱼的水层为50～210m、水温范围为13．0～29．9℃、盐度范围为35．00～35．79；渔获率最高的水层为70～90m、水温范围为27．0～27．9oC、盐度范围为35．70～35．79；捕获时已死鱼的捕获水层、水温和盐度推算数据为63～203m、14．0～27．0℃和34．94～35．42，主要集中在63～134m、16．0～27．0℃和35．30～35．42。  相似文献   

悬链线和抛物线理论在金枪鱼延绳钓渔业中的应用   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

吴因文  吴殷书 《海洋渔业》2005,27(1):1-9

本文依次用悬链线和抛物线理论分析推导了金枪鱼延绳钓具的两种投放方法以及在渔场各水层相同流态下钓具充分沉降后所有钓钩位置包括深度和相互间水平间距的计算公式 ,可用于作业参考。  相似文献   

主捕长鳍金枪鱼延绳钓钓具的最适浸泡时间     

宋利明  李冬静  刘海阳  陈平  李杰 《上海海洋大学学报》2014,23(2):290-296

根据2012年9月21日-11月15日库克群岛海域金枪鱼延绳钓海上调查数据,建立了钓钩深度计算模型,分两种起绳方式建立了作业中每一根支绳的浸泡时间计算模型。将钓钩深度以40 m为一层,共分为6个水层(40~80 m、80~120 m、120~160 m、160~200 m、200~240 m和240~280 m),统计每个水层和整个水体内的钓钩数量和长鳍金枪鱼(Thunnus alalunga)的渔获尾数。计算每个水层和整个水体内的钓具浸泡时间,并以1 h为间隔分别统计每个区间的支绳数量及渔获尾数,计算其渔获率。结果表明:(1)二次曲线可拟合浸泡时间与长鳍金枪鱼渔获率的关系,其渔获率随浸泡时间的增加呈现先增后减的趋势;(2)长鳍金枪鱼在40~280 m整个水体、6个水层中渔获率最高的浸泡时间为11.0~11.4 h。建议:(1)主捕长鳍金枪鱼时,尽可能把支绳的浸泡时间设定在10.0~12.0 h左右,以提高捕捞效率;(2)对于漂流延绳钓,整个水体的最佳浸泡时间可代表各个水层的最佳浸泡时间;(3)目标鱼种不同,钓具的最佳浸泡时间也不同;(4)浸泡时间可作为延绳钓钓具有效捕捞努力量。研究结果可用于提高长鳍金枪鱼捕捞效率,为渔业生产和CPUE的标准化提供参考。  相似文献   

金枪鱼延绳钓船混合动力推进系统研究与分析     

沙锋  王永鼎  叶守建 《上海海洋大学学报》2014,23(2):279-283

渔业节能减排和保护环境对促进国家海洋经济发展将起到重要作用。与传统的船舶动力系统相比,混合动力推进系统的电力推进具有调速范围广、驱动力大、易于正反转、体积小、布局灵活、安装方便、便于维修、振动和噪音小等优点。金枪鱼延绳钓船在作业时间内,主机处于低转速低负荷运行状态,燃油消耗率升高,出现积炭,导致增压器背压增加,可能引起喘振;主机受最低稳定转速限制,易造成航速忽快忽慢,不利于生产作业。根据金枪鱼延绳钓船作业方式和特点,提出分段驱动并联结构机电混合动力推进系统应用于金枪鱼延绳钓船,形成机电混合推进系统,降低了金枪鱼延绳钓船在航行及作业工况下对主机的依赖性,提高船舶推进系统冗余度,提高船舶放钓、收钓作业工况下的操纵灵活性,大幅度提高船舶操纵性和综合推进效率。通过经济适用性和环境保护性指标体系分析,与常规金枪鱼延绳钓船相比较,在放钓、巡钓和收钓作业等相同工况下,综合耗油量降低20%,系统可靠性,安全性和综合推进效率有一定提高。  相似文献   

Incorporating spatial autocorrelation into the general linear model with an application to the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) longline CPUE data   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Tom Nishida  Ding-Geng Chen 《Fisheries Research》2004,70(2-3):265-274

Catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) data have often been used to obtain a relative index of the abundance of a fish stock by standardizing nominal CPUE using various statistical methods. The theory underlying most of these methods assumes the independence of the observed CPUEs. This assumption is invalid for a fish population because of their spatial autocorrelation. To overcome this problem, we incorporated spatial autocorrelation into the standard general linear model (GLM). We also incorporated into it a habitat-based model (HBM), to reflect, more effectively, the vertical distributions of tuna. As a case study, we fitted both the standard-GLM and spatial-GLM (with or without HBM) to the yellowfin tuna CPUE data of the Japanese longline fisheries in the Indian Ocean. Four distance models (Gaussian, exponential, linear and spherical) were examined for spatial autocorrelation. We found that the spatial-GLMs always produced the best goodness-of-fit to the data and gave more realistic estimates of the variances of the parameters, and that HBM-based GLMs always produced better goodness-of-fit to the data than those without. Of the four distance models, the Gaussian model performed the best. The point estimates of the relative indices of the abundance of yellowfin tuna differed slightly between standard and spatial GLMs, while their 95% confidence intervals from the spatial-GLMs were larger than those from the standard-GLM. Therefore, spatial-GLMs yield more robust estimates of the relative indices of the abundance of yellowfin tuna, especially when the nominal CPUEs are strongly spatially autocorrelated.  相似文献   

Principles and approaches to abate seabird by-catch in longline fisheries   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Eric Gilman  Nigel Brothers  & Donald R. Kobayashi 《Fish and Fisheries》2005,6(1):35-49

Mortality in longline fisheries is a critical global threat to most albatross and large petrel species. Here we identify key principles and approaches to identify and achieve broad use of effective seabird by‐catch avoidance methods. Despite the availability of highly effective and cost‐saving seabird avoidance methods, few longline fleets employ them. Given the political context and capacity of management authorities of the majority of longline fisheries, it is critical to identify seabird avoidance strategies that are not only highly effective, but are also economically viable and commercially practical. Adoption of an international performance standard for longline baited hook–sink rate, and prescribing minimum gear weighting designs that meet this standard that are achievable by all longline fisheries, would be an important step forward towards resolving low use of seabird avoidance methods by vessels, including those in illegal, unregulated and unreported fisheries. Due to differences between fleets, no single seabird avoidance measure is likely to be effective and practical in all longline fisheries. Therefore, testing of seabird avoidance methods in individual fleets is needed to determine efficacy and economic viability. Longline fishers should directly participate in these trials as they have a large repository of knowledge and skills to effectively develop and improve seabird by‐catch avoidance techniques, and this provides industry with a sense of ownership for uptake of effective by‐catch reduction methods. Establishing protected areas containing seabird colonies and adjacent waters within a nation's EEZ can be an expedient method to address seabird by‐catch. However, establishing high seas marine protected areas to restrict longline fishing in seabird foraging areas, which would require extensive and dynamic boundaries and large buffer zones, may not be a viable short‐term solution because of the extensive time anticipated to resolve legal complications with international treaties, to achieve international consensus and political will, and to acquire requisite extensive resources for surveillance and enforcement. Analysis of results of research on seabird avoidance methods reveals that the most reliable comparisons of the efficacy of alternative strategies are from comparing the effectiveness of methods tested in a single experiment. Benefits from standardizing the reporting of seabird by‐catch rates to account for seabird abundance are described. To provide the most precise inputs for seabird population models, estimates of seabird mortality in longline fisheries should account for seabird falloff from hooks before hauling, delayed mortality of seabirds caught but freed from gear, and mortality caused by hooks discarded in offal.  相似文献   

Effects of fishing practice changes on pelagic shark longline captures in the Gulf of Gabes,Tunisia     

Bechir Saidi  Sami Karaa  Samira Enajjar  Mohamed. N. Bradaï 《水产资源保护:海洋与淡水生态系统》2020,30(1):53-67

1. In order to increase their catches, longliners targeting sharks in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia, have increased the number of hooks per basket and have included new bait types instead of mackerel (Scomber scombrus). This paper reports the effects of these changes on catch composition, catch rates, size distribution, life‐stage captures, and mortality at haulback.
2. Data from 48 and 96 longline sets, carried out during the shark fishing seasons of 2007 and 2008, with two hooks per basket, and 2016 and 2017, with five hooks per basket, respectively, were examined to assess the effect of gear change. Moreover, the effects of bait types were inspected based on 33 fishing sets using whole mackerel, 19 using salema (Sarpa salpa) halves, and 27 using pieces of stingray (Dasyatis spp.), sampled during 2016 and 2017.
3. The species composition indicated that longliners expand the vertical distribution of their hooks to operate from the surface to the bottom. The catches with both longline designs were dominated by sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus). Despite gear changes, the catch rate of C. plumbeus decreased by 42.21%, suggesting population decline. The size composition indicated a shift towards larger specimens, mainly adult females, which could jeopardize the shark population. Moreover, the mortality of the main species at haulback seems to be affected by the design of the longline.
4. The bait used, mainly pieces of stingray, significantly increased the catch rate of sandbar shark, which suggests a greater attractiveness of the new bait; however, fish size and mortality rates at haulback were unchanged in response to bait variation.
5. The fishery operates in shark nursery grounds, which exposes these fish (principally C. plumbeus) to considerable exploitation pressure. The new fishing practices intensified the pressure and thus the risk of a rapid depletion of populations. To preserve the shark species in the area, the use of new gear and attractive bait should be banned.

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