Biology and fishery of pilchard, Sardinops sagax (Clupeidae), within a large south-eastern Australian bay

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-55

  Neira, Francisco J ^a   Sporcic, Miriana I ^a   Longmore, Andrew R ^a  

^a Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALIA; PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA;

SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0032975524     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98067     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Ahlstrom, E. H. (1959). Distribution and abundance of eggs of the Pacific sardine, 1952-1956. Fishery Bulletin U.S. 60, 185-213.
2. Baker, A. N. (1972). Reproduction, early life history, and age-growth relationships of the New Zealand pilchard, Sardinops neopilchardus (Steindachner). Fisheries Research Division, New Zealand Marine Department, Fisheries Research Bulletin No. 5. 64 pp.
3. Beardall, J., Roberts, S., and Royle, R. (1996). Phytoplankton in Port Phillip Bay: spatial and seasonal trends in biomass and primary productivity. Technical Report No. 35. CSIRO INRE, Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study, Melbourne, Australia. 73 pp.
4. Beattie, G., Redden, A. M., and Royle, R. (1996). Microzooplankton grazing on phytoplankton in Port Phillip Bay. Technical Report No. 31. CSIRO INRE, Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study, Melbourne, Australia. 50 pp.
5. Beckley, L. E., and Hewitson, J. D. (1994). Distribution and abundance of clupeoid larvae along the east coast of South Africa in 1990/91. South African Journal of Marine Science 14, 205-12.
6. Blackburn, M. (1949). Age, rate of growth, and general life-history of the Australian pilchard (Sardinops neopilchardus) in New South Wales waters. CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Bulletin No. 242. Report No. 12. 86 pp.
7. Blackburn, M. (1950). Studies on the age, growth, and life history of the pilchard, Sardinops neopilchardus (Steindachner), in southern and western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 1, 121-258.
8. Blackburn, M., and Tubb, J. A. (1950). Measures of abundance of certain pelagic fish in some south-eastern Australian waters. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Bulletin No. 251. 74 pp.
9. Day, J. H., Blaber, S. J. M., and Wallace, J. H. (1981). Estuarine fishes. In 'Estuarine Ecology with Particular Reference to Southern Africa'. (Ed. J. H. Day.) pp. 197-221. (A. A. Balkema: Rotterdam.)
10. Fancett, M. S. (1988). The impact of predation by scyphomedusae upon the abundance and species composition of the zooplankton of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic.
11. Fletcher, W. J. (1991). A synopsis of the biology and the exploitation of the Australasian pilchard, Sardinops neopilchardus (Steindachner). Part 2: History of stock assessment and exploitation. Fisheries Department of Western Australia, Fisheries Research Report No. 91. 55 pp.
12. Fletcher, W. J. (1992). Use of a spatial model to provide initial estimates of stock size for a purse seine fishery on pilchards (Sardinops sagax neopilchardus) in Western Australia. Fisheries Research 14, 41-57.
13. Fletcher, W. J. (1995). Application of the otolith weight-age relationship for pilchard, Sardinops sagax neopilchardus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 52, 657-64.
14. Fletcher, W. J., and Tregonning, R. J. (1992). Distribution and timing of spawning by the Australian pilchard (Sardinops sagax neopilchardus) off Albany, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43, 1437-49.
15. Fletcher, W. J., Tregonning, R. J., and Sant, G. J. (1994). Interseasonal variation in the transport of pilchard eggs and larvae off southern Western Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 3, 209-24.
16. Fletcher, W. J., Lo, N. C-H., Hayes, E. A., Tregonning, R. J., and Blight, S. J. (1996a). Use of the daily egg production method to estimate the stock size of Western Australian sardines (Sardinops sagax). Marine and Freshwater Research 47, 819-25.
17. Fletcher, W. J., White, K. V., Gaughan, D. J., and Sumner, N. R. (1996b). Analysis of the distribution of pilchard eggs off Western Australia to determine stock identity and monitor stock size. Final Report FRDC Project 92/25. 109 pp.
18. Griffin, D. A., Thompson, P. A., Bax, N. J., Bradford, R. W., and Hallegraeff, G. M. (1997). The 1995 mass mortality of pilchard: no role found for physical or biological oceanographic factors in Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 48, 27-42.
19. Haedrich, R. L. (1983). Estuarine fishes. In 'Ecosystems of the World, 26, Estuaries and Enclosed Seas'. (Ed. B. H. Ketchum.) pp. 183-207. (Elsevier: Amsterdam.)
20. Hall, D. N., and MacDonald, C. M. (1986). Commercial fishery situation report: net and line fisheries of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, 1914-1984. Fisheries Division Victoria, Marine Fisheries Report No. 10. 121 pp.
21. Harris, G., Batley, G., Fox, D., Hall, D., Jernakoff, P., Molloy, R., Murray, A., Newell, B., Parslow, J., Skyring, G., and Walker, S. (1996). 'Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study Final Report.' (CSIRO: Canberra, Australia.) 239 pp.
22. Hilborn, R., and Walters, C. J. (1992). 'Quantitative Fisheries Stock Assessment. Choice, Dynamics and Uncertainty.' (Chapman and Hall: New York.) 570 pp.
23. Hobday, D. K. (1992). Abundance and distribution of pilchard and Australian anchovy as prey species for the little penguin Eudyptula minor at Phillip Island, Victoria. EMU 91, 342-54.
24. Hoedt, F. E., and Dimmlich, W. F. (1995). Egg and larval abundance and spawning localities of the anchovy (Engraulis australis) and pilchard (Sardinops neopilchardus) near Phillip Island. Marine and Freshwater Research 46, 735-43.
25. Hoedt, F., Dimmlich, W. F., and Dann, P. (1995). Seasonal variation in the species and size composition of the clupeoid assemblages in Western Port, Victoria. Marine and Freshwater Research 46, 1085-91.
26. Hyatt, A. D., Hine, P. M., Jones, J. B., Whittington, R. J., Kearns, C., Wise, T. G., Crane, M. S., and Williams, L. M. (1997). Epizootic mortality in the pilchard Sardinops sagax neopilchardus in Australia and New Zealand in 1995. II. Identification of a herpesvirus within the gill epithelium. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 28, 17-29.
27. James, A. G. (1988). Are clupeids microphagists herbivorous or omnivorous? A review of the diets of some commercially important clupeids. South African Journal of Marine Science 7, 161-77.
28. 2 in higher plants, algae and natural phytoplankton. Biochem. Physiol. Pflanzen. 167, 191-4.
29. Jenkins, G. P. (1986). Composition, seasonality and distribution of ichthyoplankton in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37, 507-20.
30. Jenkins, G. P., and May, H. M. A. (1994). Variation in settlement and larval duration of King George whiting, Sillaginodes punctata (Sillaginidae), in Swan Bay, Victoria, Australia. Bulletin of Marine Science 54(1), 281-96.
31. Jenkins, G. P., May, H. M. A., Wheatley, M. J., and Holloway, M. G. (1997). Comparison of fish assemblages associated with seagrass and adjacent unvegetated habitats of Port Phillip Bay and Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia, with emphasis on commercial species. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 44, 569-88.
32. Joseph, B. D. L. (1981). Pilchard fishery at Jervis Bay: biology, fishery and population dynamics. M.Sc. Thesis, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW.
33. Kawasaki, T., and Kumagai, A. (1984). Food habits of the far eastern sardine and their implication in the fluctuation pattern of the sardine schools. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 50(10), 1657-63.
34. Laevastu, T. (1965). 'Manual of Methods in Fisheries Biology. Fascicule 9. Section 4. Research on Fish Stocks.' FAO Manuals in Fish Science No. 1. (FAO: Rome.)
35. Loneragan, N. R., Potter, I. C., and Lenanton, R. C. J. (1989). Influence of site, season and year on contributions made by marine, estuarine, diadromous and freshwater species to the fish fauna of a temperate Australian estuary. Marine Biology 103, 461-79.
36. Macewicz, B. J., Castro-Gonzalez, J. J., Cotero-Altamirano, C. E., and Hunter, J. R. (1996). Adult reproductive parameters of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) during 1994. CalCOFI Report Vol. 37, 140-51.
37. Magro, K. L., Arnott, G. H., and Hill, D. R. A. (1996). Algal blooms in Port Phillip Bay from March 1990 to February 1995: temporal and spatial distribution and dominant species. Technical Report No. 27. CSIRO INRE, Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study, Melbourne, Australia. 38 pp.
38. Miller, J. M., Crowder, L. B., and Moser, M. L. (1985). Migration and utilization of estuarine nurseries by juvenile fishes: an evolutionary perspective. Contributions to Marine Science 27 (Suppl.), 338-52.
39. Nakai, Z., and Hattori, S. (1962). Quantitative distribution of eggs and larvae of the Japanese sardine by year, 1949 through 1951. Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 9, 23-60.
40. Neira, F. J., Coutin, P. C., and Elliott-Tippet, D. (1997a). Commercial catches of selected scale fish species from Victorian waters, 1978-1995. Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (Queenscliff), Technical Report No. 1. 64 pp.
41. Neira, F. J., Coutin, P. C., Morison, A. K., and Hall, K. (1997b). Pilchard 1996. Victorian Fisheries Assessment Report No. 13. 67 pp.
42. Neira, F. J., Miskiewicz, G. A., and Trnski, T. (1998). 'Larvae of Temperate Australian Fishes. Laboratory Guide for Larval Fish Identification.' (University of Western Australia Press: Nedlands, WA.) 474 pp.
43. Pankratz, A. (1991). 'Forecasting with Dynamic Regression Models.' (John Wiley: New York.) 386 pp.
44. Paxton, J. R., and Hanley, J. E. (1989). Clupeidae. In 'Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7, Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae'. (Eds J. R. Paxton, D. F. Hoese, G. R. Allen, and J. E. Hanley.) pp. 151-8. (Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.)
45. Potter, I. C., Loneragan, N. R., Lenanton, R. C. J., Chrystal, P. J., and Grant, C. J. (1983). Abundance, distribution and age structure of fish populations in a Western Australian estuary. Journal of Zoology (London) 200, 21-50.
46. Potter, I. C., Beckley, L. E., Whitfield, A. K., and Lenanton, R. C. J. (1990). Comparisons between the roles played by estuaries in the life cycle of fishes in temperate Western Australia and southern Africa. Environmental Biology of Fishes 28, 143-78.
47. Rapson, A. M. (1953). Pilchards in south-west Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(2), 234-53.
48. Sokolov, S. (1996). Inputs from the Yarra River and Patterson River/Mordialloc main drain into Port Phillip Bay. Technical Report No. 33. CSIRO INRE, Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study, Melbourne, Australia. 61 pp.
49. Stevens, J. D., Hausfeld, H. F., and Davenport, S. R. (1984). Observations on the biology, distribution and abundance of Trachurus declivis, Sardinops neopilchardus and Scomber australasicus in the Great Australian Bight. CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report No. 164. 27 pp.
50. Strickland, J. D. H., and Parsons, T. R. (1972). 'A Practical Handbook of Seawater Analysis.' 2nd Edn. Bulletin No. 267. (Fisheries Research Board of Canada: Ottawa.)
51. Valesini, F. J., Potter, I. C., Platell, M. E., and Hyndes, G. A. (1997). Ichthyofaunas of a temperate estuary and adjacent marine embayment. Implications regarding choice of nursery area and influence of environmental changes. Marine Biology 128, 317-28.
52. Whitfield, A. K., and Kok, H. M. (1992). Recruitment of juvenile marine fishes into permanently open and seasonally open estuarine systems on the southern coast of South Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 57, 1-39.