Bruno Ibanez-Erquiaga, Henrik Baktoft, Tim Wilms, Tobias Karl Mildenberger, Jon Christian Svendsen
{"title":"Fish aggregations at oil and gas platform foundations in the North Sea","authors":"Bruno Ibanez-Erquiaga, Henrik Baktoft, Tim Wilms, Tobias Karl Mildenberger, Jon Christian Svendsen","doi":"10.1111/fme.12693","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12693","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Globally, aging offshore oil and gas (O&G) platforms face resource depletion, and regulations often demand platform removal through decommissioning. In the North Sea, >€90 billion will be needed for decommissioning by 2060. However, the influence of O&G platforms on fish communities is poorly understood. This challenges predictions of possible fisheries scenarios associated with different decommissioning options. Here, we examined the role that North Sea platforms played on fish communities. We explored patterns of fish abundance and body size variation along transects from O&G platforms comparing catch per unit effort data. Fish abundance was positively associated with O&G platforms. Atlantic cod, plaice, saithe, and mackerel were most abundant near platforms. Similarly, larger Atlantic cod were near the O&G platforms. Our study provided information for decision-making regarding platform decommissioning scenarios by evidencing O&G platform habitat provisioning for various commercial fish species.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12693","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139836840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bianca T. C. Bobowski, Anne Marie Power, Finlay Burns, Pierluigi Carbonara, Danila Cuccu, Marilena Donnaloia, Maria Cristina Follesa, Ana Moreno, Inna M. Sokolova, Maria Valls, Daniel Oesterwind
{"title":"Stock discrimination of two European squids (Illex coindetii, Loligo forbesii) by statolith shape analysis","authors":"Bianca T. C. Bobowski, Anne Marie Power, Finlay Burns, Pierluigi Carbonara, Danila Cuccu, Marilena Donnaloia, Maria Cristina Follesa, Ana Moreno, Inna M. Sokolova, Maria Valls, Daniel Oesterwind","doi":"10.1111/fme.12689","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12689","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We evaluated the feasibility of classifying ommastrephid and loliginid squid species by statolith shape analysis into fisheries management units or stocks. Statoliths of <i>Illex coindetii</i> (Verany, 1839) and <i>Loligo forbesii</i> (Steenstrup, 1856) were studied from multiple areas of the North East Atlantic and Northern Mediterranean Sea during 2021–2022. <i>I. coindetii</i> and <i>L. forbesii</i> individuals were categorized into multiple stocks across the areas studied. Stocks migrating between fishing areas as well as multiple stocks in the same area, as identified for <i>L. forbesii</i> in this study, need to be considered for sustainable fisheries management.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12689","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin J. Rook, Yu-Chun Kao, Randy L. Eshenroder, Charles R. Bronte, Andrew M. Muir
{"title":"Historical cisco Coregonus artedi population collapses in Green Bay, Lake Michigan, and Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, during the 1950s","authors":"Benjamin J. Rook, Yu-Chun Kao, Randy L. Eshenroder, Charles R. Bronte, Andrew M. Muir","doi":"10.1111/fme.12687","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12687","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Coregonus</i> populations across their Holarctic range have often undergone unexplained collapses. Here, we document causes of collapse for two of the largest <i>Coregonus</i> populations in the world, cisco (<i>C. artedi</i>) in Green Bay, Lake Michigan, and Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, during the 1950s. We used simulation models, rank-order correlations, and historical literature to evaluate effects of overfishing, interactions with introduced rainbow smelt (<i>Osmerus mordax</i>), and overwinter bottom hypoxia on both cisco populations. Fully selected exploitation rates for cisco were alarmingly high (0.82–0.84), correlations and anecdotal evidence suggested negative interactions with rainbow smelt, and extensive areas of hypoxia coincident with cisco declines suggested incubation of cisco embryos was impaired regionally. Our findings suggested that negative effects of rainbow smelt were mainly responsible for the cisco population collapse in Green Bay and that overfishing and hypoxia had suppressed the Saginaw Bay cisco population before rainbow smelt caused its final collapse.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12687","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139665519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Graziele Araújo Resende, Fabrice Duponchelle, Francisco Marcante Santana, Rosângela Paula Lessa
{"title":"Effects of fishing on the Serra Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus brasiliensis) in Northeast Brazil","authors":"Amanda Graziele Araújo Resende, Fabrice Duponchelle, Francisco Marcante Santana, Rosângela Paula Lessa","doi":"10.1111/fme.12688","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12688","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Spanish mackerel (<i>Scomberomorus brasiliensis</i>) is of high commercial value throughout its distribution. In Northeast Brazil, this important fishery resource has been under strong fishing pressure since the 1960s, with length composition changing between 1998–2001 and 2020–2022. Length frequency distributions, exploitation indicators, and gear selectivity indicated the effects of overfishing on stock size structure, with excessive withdrawal of spawners and reduced numbers of adults larger than 60 cm in catches. In addition, gear selectivity changed, with reduced size at first capture in the 40-mm mesh. Our results indicated that the species is unsustainably exploited in the study area and suggested both growth and recruitment overfishing.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140491307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jackson L. Saiperaki, Silvia F. Materu, Prisila A. Mkenda, Elly J. Ligate, Cyrus Rumisha
{"title":"Restricted genetic connectivity and conservation prospects of Bagrid catfish, Bagrus orientalis, populations in the Rufiji River basin, Tanzania","authors":"Jackson L. Saiperaki, Silvia F. Materu, Prisila A. Mkenda, Elly J. Ligate, Cyrus Rumisha","doi":"10.1111/fme.12686","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12686","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Bagrid catfish, <i>Bagrus orientalis</i>, historically sustained communities in the Rufiji River basin (RRB), Tanzania, but has rapidly declined due to high consumer demand and unsustainable fishing. Consequently, a Ramsar site was designated within the RRB, although its potential to revitalize overexploited populations beyond its boundaries is uncertain because of limited information on genetic connectivity. To address this uncertainty, 158 partial cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequences of <i>B. orientalis</i> were analyzed to quantify genetic connectivity in the RRB. We observed significant genetic differentiation, indicating limited connectivity among populations. Populations in the Ramsar site were genetically connected to those in the Kilombero Valley Floodplain (KVFP), but were distinct from those in Ruaha and Rufiji, which clustered separately. Our findings suggested the Ramsar site could revitalize overexploited KVFP populations, and emphasized the need for sustained efforts against its encroachment. However, limited genetic connectivity with Ruaha and Rufiji implied that conservation measures in the site might have restricted effect in these areas. Conservation efforts should extend beyond the Ramsar site, by promoting sustainable fishing and enhancing habitat connectivity in Ruaha and Rufiji.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139516877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jyoti Thapa, Megan English, Chouly Ou, Julia Lanoue, Richard H. Walker
{"title":"Assessment of the floodplain fishery of Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia","authors":"Jyoti Thapa, Megan English, Chouly Ou, Julia Lanoue, Richard H. Walker","doi":"10.1111/fme.12683","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12683","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Across the globe, fish stocks have been in decline due to industrialization of fisheries resources, overfishing, pollution, and climate change, thereby warranting more fisheries assessments. The floodplain fishery of Tonle Sap Lake near the Kampong Khleang stilted community in the Chamkar Youn village in Cambodia was evaluated by: (1) characterizing fish assemblage structure and function, (2) highlighting temporal differences in fish assemblage, and (3) assessing potential indicators of fishing-down-the-food-web by the fishery. Fish trap data from the wet season were used to characterize fish abundance, diversity, species richness, and functional feeding guilds from fish catches in 2014 and 2019. Fish abundance declined 62% and species richness declined between 2014 and 2019. Smaller-bodied, lower-trophic level fishes dominated the catch. Our limited findings add insight into the status of a globally important fishery and highlight the need for more local collaborative fishery assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139516936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Barry, C. Fitzgerald, J. O. Callaghan, R. Kennedy, R. Rosell, W. Roche
{"title":"Interannual variation in survival of wild Atlantic salmon smolts through a dynamic estuarine habitat","authors":"J. Barry, C. Fitzgerald, J. O. Callaghan, R. Kennedy, R. Rosell, W. Roche","doi":"10.1111/fme.12685","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12685","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Migration timing is critical for diadromous fish, especially for survival. Migration through fresh water and estuarine transitional waterbodies may be an important early life survival bottleneck through potential exposure to anthropogenic pressures and predators. Monitoring smolt movement and survival through riverine and estuarine habitats is important for identifying causes of smolt mortality and the potential for directing focused, mitigating management actions. Acoustic telemetry was used to track 186 Atlantic salmon smolts during migration from the river Boyne to the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland during 2019–2021. Migration success from release to sea entry that ranged from 47% to 81% was linked to biotic (predation) and abiotic effects (water flow and water temperature). Predation was associated with interannual variation in smolt survival, with 5.4% of smolts consumed by marine mammals and 26.3% lost to unknown fates. Our findings contribute to the understanding of predation on smolts and also how water temperature, flow and tidal phase can influence this critical life stage of Atlantic Salmon, a species in decline across its range.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139483485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard McGarvey, Adrian Linnane, John E. Feenstra, Janet M. Matthews, Lachlan J. McLeay, Annabel Jones, Kyriakos Toumazos, Simon de Lestang
{"title":"Puerulus settlement forecasting in a harvest strategy evaluation of the rock lobster fishery in South Australia","authors":"Richard McGarvey, Adrian Linnane, John E. Feenstra, Janet M. Matthews, Lachlan J. McLeay, Annabel Jones, Kyriakos Toumazos, Simon de Lestang","doi":"10.1111/fme.12679","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12679","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Harvest strategies are utilised in the management of fishery resources globally. Critical to their success is harvest strategy evaluation, whereby future performance is assessed through projection modelling. Using the observed relationship between a puerulus settlement index and model-estimated recruitment, we evaluated a southern rock lobster (<i>Jasus edwardsii</i>) harvest strategy in South Australia. Short-to-medium puerulus settlement recruitment forecasting was incorporated into future projections of catch, catch per unit effort, and percent unexploited egg production (%UEP) during 2019–2022. Observed values of indicators that closely aligned with projected outputs indicated that puerulus forecasting underpinned reliable evaluation of future fishery performance. A key objective of the harvest strategy was to increase egg production in the fishery, with a 20% unexploited egg production targeted by 2036. The target was reached under the proposed strategy, but was sensitive to recruitment, thereby highlighting the need to consider climate change impacts in forecasting scenarios.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12679","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139483207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Renae L. Kirby, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, Samuel Greaves, O. Selma Klanten, Marian Y. L. Wong
{"title":"Lack of population structure in an important fishery species of mud shrimp, Trypaea australiensis","authors":"Renae L. Kirby, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, Samuel Greaves, O. Selma Klanten, Marian Y. L. Wong","doi":"10.1111/fme.12682","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12682","url":null,"abstract":"<p>From a conservation standpoint, species that are managed without consideration of their population sizes and connectivity have the potential to be over-exploited and/or incur population decline. The burrowing shrimp, <i>Trypaea australiensis,</i> is an important ecosystem engineer and fishery resource caught in large numbers for which population information is unknown for properly managing the species. Here, we determined the level of population structure of <i>T. australiensis</i> across three locations along the East Coast of New South Wales, Australia, using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) obtained through double digest Restriction-site Associated DNA-sequencing (ddRAD-seq). Analysis of population structure, including pairwise Fst (−0.003 to −0.001), STRUCTURE (<i>K</i> = 2) and Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components (DAPC) showed no evidence of structure among locations. Our findings provide crucial preliminary population genetic data for a key cryptic species, that also suggests gene flow among sampling locations enables the management of fisheries throughout the study area as a single unit.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fme.12682","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139462255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Di Zhang, Yuanhui Xu, Jun Deng, Xiaotao Shi, Yakun Liu
{"title":"Relationships among the fish passage efficiency, fish swimming behavior, and hydraulic properties in a vertical-slot fishway","authors":"Di Zhang, Yuanhui Xu, Jun Deng, Xiaotao Shi, Yakun Liu","doi":"10.1111/fme.12681","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fme.12681","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Three-dimensional hydrodynamic numerical simulation and laboratory fish-passage experiment with juvenile grass carp (<i>Ctenopharyngodon idella</i>) were used to systematically estimate hydrodynamic parameters, fish passage efficiency, fish swimming behavior, and fish swimming trajectories in a vertical-slot fishway (VSF) under five different flow discharges. The spatial-mean time-averaged velocity magnitude along the slot section determined passage success rate. The absolute value of the time-averaged Reynolds-shear-stress component in the <i>X</i>–<i>Y</i> direction played a decisive role in selecting the swimming path. In addition, fish energy expenditure along the mean-50% swimming route indicated that higher mainstream velocity did not necessarily signify larger energy consumption, because successfully-migrating fish selected the relatively lower velocity zone during the migration process. Our findings for fish swimming behavior in response to velocity and turbulence can be used to develop high-efficiency fishways for grass carps or other species with similar traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":50444,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries Management and Ecology","volume":"31 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139374957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}