Oceanographic investigation of the American Samoa albacore (Thunnus alalunga) habitat and longline fishing grounds

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 555-572

  Domokos, Réka ^a   Seki, Michael P ^a   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Hawn, Donald R ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Albacore tuna; American Samoa EEZ; Longline fishery; Mesoscale eddy; Micronekton distribution; Mid ocean eddies; Sonic scattering layer (SSL); South Equatorial Counter Current (SECC)

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHERY; HABITAT; PERCIFORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 35448993369     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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