Acoustic telemetry versus monitored longline fishing for studying the vertical distribution of pelagic fish: Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in French Polynesia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 281-292

  Bach, Pascal ^a   Dagorn, Laurent ^a   Bertrand, Arnaud ^a   Josse, Erwan ^b   Misselis, Christophe ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c Service des Ressources Marines   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Acoustic tagging; Fishing gear; Hook timer; Pelagic habitat; Thunnus obesus; Time depth recorder; Tropical tuna

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; LONGLINING; PELAGIC FISHERY; TAGGING; TELEMETRY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 0037314164     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00180-7     Document Type: Article

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