Movement behaviour of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) and yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) tuna at anchored fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Maldives, investigated by acoustic telemetry

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-77

  Govinden, Rodney ^a   Jauhary, Riyaz ^b   Filmalter, John ^c,d   Forget, Fabien ^c,d   Soria, Marc ^e   Adam, Shiham ^b   Dagorn, Laurent ^c  

^a Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA)   (Seychelles)

^b Marine Research Center Male   (Maldives)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fish Aggregating Devices; Indian Ocean; Passive acoustic telemetry; Skipjack tuna; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMPLEXITY; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; MONSOON; PERCIFORM; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONALITY; TAGGING;

INDIAN OCEAN; MALDIVES;

KATSUWONUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 84874026789     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2012022     Document Type: Article

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