Effects of spatial–temporal conditions and fishing-vessel capacity on the capture of swimming crabs by using different fishing gear around the waters of Taiwan
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Abstract
Context Swimming crab is a vital fishery resource and a valuable source of income in the southern East China Sea, but it lacks management strategies, especially when using different fishing gear. Aims This study aimed to determine the effects of spatial–temporal conditions and vessel capacity on swimming crabs by using different fishing-gear types in the Taiwan Strait (TS). Methods We used generalised linear mixed models (GLMMs) to investigate data from Taiwanese vessels (2011–2019) on how spatial–temporal conditions and vessel capacity affected the catch of swimming crabs when using trawls, gill-nets and traps. Key results The results showed that the traps (>80.0%) caught more swimming crabs in the TS than did the gill-nets (6.6%) and trawls (8.0%). Additionally, the GLMM analysis showed that Charybdis feriatus, Portunus pelagicus and Portunus sanguinolentus catches by traps and trawls were significantly affected by different fishing locations, climate events, work hours and vessel sizes. However, for gill-nets, spatial–temporal conditions and vessel capacity did not affect the catch of C. feriatus. Conclusions Monitoring fishing efforts and environmental factors is vital to understanding their impacts on marine ecosystems. Implications These findings enable future sustainable crab fishing through harvesting strategy planning, ecosystem management and spatial–temporal governance.
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Marine and Freshwater Research is an international and interdisciplinary journal publishing contributions on all aquatic environments. The journal’s content addresses broad conceptual questions and investigations about the ecology and management of aquatic environments. Environments range from groundwaters, wetlands and streams to estuaries, rocky shores, reefs and the open ocean. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: aquatic ecosystem processes, such as nutrient cycling; biology; ecology; biogeochemistry; biogeography and phylogeography; hydrology; limnology; oceanography; toxicology; conservation and management; and ecosystem services. Contributions that are interdisciplinary and of wide interest and consider the social-ecological and institutional issues associated with managing marine and freshwater ecosystems are welcomed.
Marine and Freshwater Research is a valuable resource for researchers in industry and academia, resource managers, environmental consultants, students and amateurs who are interested in any aspect of the aquatic sciences.
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