印度洋中西部大眼金枪鱼资源生物学的初步研究

根据2003~2004年1~6月份印度洋海域金枪鱼延绳钓生产实践及调查,对所捕获的大眼金枪鱼群体的构成、性比和胃含物等基本生物学特征进行了初步探讨及简单比较。结果表明,渔获中大眼金枪鱼体重范围为7~136kg(2003年)及14~100kg(2004年)。2003年,雌性个体所占比例基本上维持在0.45左右;2004年,雌性个体所占比例较2003年大。2003~2004年渔获中大眼金枪鱼分别由叉长69~201cm及55~190cm的个体组成。2003年及2004年各月份1级所占比较均较大,1级以后胃饱满度频次基本上呈下降趋势。3~6月为印度洋中修补大眼金枪鱼的产卵期。体长-体重关系为W=3×10-5L2.8838。     

大西洋中部金枪鱼延绳钓渔场黄鳍金枪鱼(Thunnus albacares)生物学特性的初步研究

根据 2 0 0 1年 6月 1 6日— 1 0月 2 7日大西洋中部金枪鱼延绳钓渔场现场所作的生物学测定数据 ,应用统计与回归的方法分别对黄鳍金枪鱼 (Thunnusalbacares)的性腺成熟度、摄食等级、摄食种类、性比、叉长分布、叉长与纯重的关系、叉长与原条鱼重的关系、原条鱼重与纯重的关系等进行了研究。结果表明 ,( 1 )性腺成熟度Ⅵ级占的比例最高 ,为 47.0 6%。 ( 2 )摄食等级以 1级为主 ,其次为 0级 ,分别占 45 .45 %和 1 8.1 8%。 ( 3)胃含物中以鱿鱼出现的频率为最高 ,占 44 44% ,其次是沙丁鱼和杂鱼 ,分别占 2 7.78%和 2 5 .0 0 %。 ( 4 )雄性与雌性的性比约为 1 .43比 1。 ( 5 )优势叉长为 1 .31— 1 .47m ,占 31 .44% ,平均叉长为 1 39m。 ( 6)不分性别、雄性和雌性黄鳍金枪鱼叉长 (FL)与纯重 (DW)的关系可表达为 :DW =5 .6632× 1 0 - 6FL3 1 951 。( 7)不分性别、雄性和雌性黄鳍金枪鱼叉长 (FL)与原条鱼重 (RW)的关系分别为 :RW =8.5 0 72× 1 0 - 6FL3.1 390 、RWM=1 .1 2 2 9× 1 0 - 5 FLM3.0 847、RWF=7.1 71 1× 1 0 - 6FLF3 1 72 1 。 ( 8)不分性别、雄性和雌性黄鳍金枪鱼原条鱼重 (RW)与纯重 (DW)的关系分别为 :RW =1 .1 339DW、RWM =1 .1 32 0DWM、RWF=1 1 399DWF。     

Empirical models to identify mechanisms driving reductions in tissue mercury concentration during culture of farmed southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii

Two empirical models are presented to elucidate the mechanisms driving reductions in the mercury concentration of southern bluefin tuna (SBT) during culture. Model 1 predicts temporal fluctuations in mercury concentration in response to growth dilution. Model 2 predicts the combined effects of growth dilution and linear mercury accumulation. Model 2 was found to be the more accurate model. Over a typical farming period of 136 days, growth dilution resulted in a reduction in mean mercury concentration of SBT edible tissues from 0.51 mg/kg down to 0.33 mg/kg. Extended culture beyond 136 days resulted in an increase in mercury concentration due to the combined effects of mercury accumulation and seasonal lipid depletion. Results indicate that under current industry practice, cultured SBT can be consumed twice as frequently as that of wild caught SBT while maintaining total dietary mercury intake below national recommendations.     

Evaluation of FAD-associated purse seine fishery reduction strategies for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the Indian Ocean

In the Indian Ocean, bigeye tuna supports one of the most important fisheries in the world. This fishery mainly consists of two components: longline and purse seine fisheries. Evidence of overfishing and stock depletion of bigeye tuna calls for an evaluation of alternative management strategies. Using an age-structured operating model, parameterized with the results derived in a recent stock assessment, we evaluated the effectiveness of applying constant fishing mortality (CF) and quasi-constant fishing mortality (QCF) strategies to reduce fishing effort of purse seining with fish aggregating devices (FADs) at different rates. Three different levels of productivity accounted for the uncertainty in our understanding of stock productivity. The study shows that the results of CF and QCF are similar. Average SSB and catch during simulation years would be higher if fishing mortality of FAD-associated purse seining was reduced rapidly. The banning or rapid reduction of purse seining with FAD resulted in a mean catch, and catch in the last simulation year, higher than that of the base case in which no change was made to the purse seine fishery. This could be caused by growth overfishing by purse seine fisheries with FADs according to the per-recruit analysis. These differences would be more obvious when stock productivity was low. Transferring efforts of FAD-associated purse seining to longline fisheries is also not feasible. Our study suggests that changes are necessary to improve the performance of the current management strategy.     

Habitat mapping of the Atlantic bluefin tuna derived from satellite data: Its potential as a tool for the sustainable management of pelagic fisheries

The feeding and spawning habitats of the overfished Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) are mapped in the Mediterranean Sea and used in the present proposal for selecting restricted fishing grounds. The feeding habitat is mainly traced by oceanic fronts of satellite-derived temperature and chlorophyll while the spawning habitat is mostly characterized by an important heating of surface waters. The proposal recommends opening the fishery in feeding areas in case the BFT stock is low (current situation). Only spawning areas at its latest stage could be opened once the stock has recovered to its optimum yield. Due to the possible concentration of fishing vessels if fishing areas are restricted (e.g. four-fold increase with a 1/16th restriction of the Mediterranean Sea) the inspection activities could be better targeted. Identified spawning grounds, opened or closed to fishing, could also be particularly monitored by control operations. Within the authorized areas, the habitat maps would guide fishermen to the favourable habitat reducing their costs. The habitat guided management could be able to adapt the spatial and temporal distribution of the effort to the requirements of both the fisheries’ control and the resource. Its implementation is likely to protect the stock (a) by apparently decreasing illegal fishing which accounts in the recent years for more than 1/3rd of total catches, (b) by protecting the spawners to ensure a suitable recruitment and (c) by distributing the effort to respect the population structure. The first species studied is the emblematic bluefin tuna which is at high risk of collapse due to overfishing. The approach is a priori transposable to other epipelagic species of commercial importance.     

A spatial ecosystem and populations dynamics model (SEAPODYM) – Modeling of tuna and tuna-like populations

An enhanced version of the spatial ecosystem and population dynamics model SEAPODYM is presented to describe spatial dynamics of tuna and tuna-like species in the Pacific Ocean at monthly resolution over 1° grid-boxes. The simulations are driven by a bio-physical environment predicted from a coupled ocean physical–biogeochemical model. This new version of SEAPODYM includes expanded definitions of habitat indices, movements, and natural mortality based on empirical evidences. A thermal habitat of tuna species is derived from an individual heat budget model. The feeding habitat is computed according to the accessibility of tuna predator cohorts to different vertically migrating and non-migrating micronekton (mid-trophic) functional groups. The spawning habitat is based on temperature and the coincidence of spawning fish with presence or absence of predators and food for larvae. The successful larval recruitment is linked to spawning stock biomass. Larvae drift with currents, while immature and adult tuna can move of their own volition, in addition to being advected by currents. A food requirement index is computed to adjust locally the natural mortality of cohorts based on food demand and accessibility to available forage components. Together these mechanisms induce bottom-up and top-down effects, and intra- (i.e. between cohorts) and inter-species interactions. The model is now fully operational for running multi-species, multi-fisheries simulations, and the structure of the model allows a validation from multiple data sources. An application with two tuna species showing different biological characteristics, skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) and bigeye (Thunnus obesus), is presented to illustrate the capacity of the model to capture many important features of spatial dynamics of these two different tuna species in the Pacific Ocean. The actual validation is presented in a companion paper describing the approach to have a rigorous mathematical parameter optimization [Senina, I., Sibert, J., Lehodey, P., 2008. Parameter estimation for basin-scale ecosystem-linked population models of large pelagic predators: application to skipjack tuna. Progress in Oceanography]. Once this evaluation and parameterization is complete, it may be possible to use the model for management of tuna stocks in the context of climate and ecosystem variability, and to investigate potential changes due to anthropogenic activities including global warming and fisheries pressures and management scenarios.     

太平洋金枪鱼渔场关键次表层环境变量的季节变化

为了解太平洋大眼金枪鱼(Thunnus obesus)和黄鳍金枪鱼(Thunnus albacares)主要作业渔场次表层关键环境变量时空分布特征,作者采用2007~2012年Argo剖面浮标数据,分析了太平洋大眼金枪鱼和黄鳍金枪鱼延绳钓主要作业渔场区温跃层特征参数、12℃和距表层海温8℃(Δ8℃)等值线信息。研究表明,温跃层上界深度和温度以及Δ8℃等深线具有明显的季节性变化。温跃层上界深度呈现出冬深、夏浅的季节性变化特征,大致呈纬向带状分布。1~3月份,北太平洋从东到西温跃层上界深度值都超过90 m,同期10°S以南的海域均低于60 m;7~9月份则相反。在太平洋150°W以西,20°S~20°N区域,温跃层上界温度全年在28℃以上。8℃等深线显示在东部太平洋,一块低值区域(150m)由东海岸向西海岸延伸;在20°N以北和20°S以南的高值区域(250m)表现出冬深、夏浅的季节性变化特征。温跃层下界深度图显示有两块高值区域(深度大于280m)从西向东,由低纬度向高纬度漂移;在东部太平洋,两个高值区域之间的纬向区域常年存在一块下界深度低值区域(140m)。与下界深度类似,温跃层下界温度也有两块低温区域(12℃)从西向东,由低纬度向高纬度漂移。在该低温区域的外侧舌状区域,下界温度超过17℃;东部太平洋在13~15℃。在15°N以北和15°S以南12℃等深线超过400 m,呈舌状;赤道东部太平洋,一块300 m深的细长舌状区域由东向西延伸。在上述区域之间,12℃等深线的深度值低于200 m。温跃层下界深度和温度,以及12℃等深线则没有明显的季节性变化。分析结果初步揭示了太平洋金枪鱼主要作业渔场温跃层上界温度、12℃和Δ8℃等值线信息分布特征,为金枪鱼实际生产作业提供理论参考。     

利用后向预报方法分析印度洋黄鳍金枪鱼资源评估模型

当前,对渔业资源评估模型的诊断与选择,主要依赖于模型对观察数据的拟合度,很少评价模型的预测能力、并将其作为评价渔业资源评估与管理质量的依据。为此,本文利用后向预报方法评价了印度洋黄鳍金枪鱼(Thunnus albacores)资源评估模型的预测能力,并在此基础上分析了印度洋黄鳍金枪鱼的资源评估与管理质量。研究表明,在利用贝叶斯剩余产量模型对印度洋黄鳍金枪鱼进行资源评估时,存在如下问题:(1)拟合较好的模型其预测能力较差;(2)利用不同时段数据拟合模型时,采用DIC(Deviance Information Criterion)选择的最佳模型缺少稳定性;(3)不同模型估计的TAC (Total Allowable Catch)存在较大差异。据此可以判断,利用贝叶斯剩余产量模型对印度洋黄鳍金枪鱼进行资源评估与管理效果较差。本研究结果表明:(1)利用后向预报方法可评价模型的预测能力、DIC选择模型的稳定性,从而能在一定程度上判断模型模拟的种群演化动态是否正确、资源评估结果是否存在问题;(2)利用后向预报方法可揭示评估结果的不确定性及其可能引起的渔业管理风险,从而有利于避免渔业管理风险、实现渔业管理目标。