Distribution of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the Indian Ocean and its relation to environmental factors

I. Ching Chen, Pei Fen Lee, Wann Nian Tzeng

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摘要

The distribution pattern of albacore, Thunnus alalunga, in the Indian Ocean was analyzed based on catch data from the Taiwanese tuna longline fishery during the period 1979-85. The Taiwanese tuna fishery began operating in the Indian Ocean in 1967. We used a geographic information system to compile a fishery and environmental database and statistically explored the catch per unit effort (CPUE) distribution of albacore. Our results indicated that immature albacore were mainly distributed in areas south of 30°S although some displayed a north-south seasonal migration. Mature albacore, which were mainly concentrated between 10°S and 25°S, also showed a north-south migration. Within 10°S and 30°S, the separation of mature, spawning, and immature albacore life history stages roughly coincided with the boundaries of the three oceanic current systems in the Indian Ocean. The optimal environmental variables for CPUE prediction by stepwise discriminant analysis differed among life history stages. For immature albacore, the sea surface variables sea surface temperature (SST), chlorophyll concentration and surface salinity were significant. For mature albacore, SST was significant, while for spawning albacore, the sub-surface variables temperature at 100 m and oxygen at 200 m were significant. Spawning albacore evidently prefer deep oceanographic conditions. Our results on the oceanographic conditions preferred by different developmental stages of albacore in the Indian Ocean were compatible with previous studies found in the Pacific Ocean.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)71-80
頁數10
期刊Fisheries Oceanography
14
發行號1
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2005 1月

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 海洋學
  • 海洋科學

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