Remotely sensed spatial dynamics of the Illex argentinus fishery, Southwest Atlantic

Claire M. Waluda , Huw J. Griffiths, Paul G. Rodhouse ∗Fisheries Research 91 (2008) 196-202

西南大西洋遙測阿根廷魷漁業時空動態之研究

Reporter: 凌子雅

Introduction

Illex argentinus

22°S

54°S

AtlanticOcean

Defence Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS)

> 300 kW

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/DMSP.html

Objective

This work examines inter-annual variability in the distribution of the fishery over the 13-year period 1993-2005.

The area occupied by the fleet is compared with variability in catches over the same period.

Materials and Methods

1. Data sources DMSP-OLS data 　　 ( Defence Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System data )

Fishery data

2. Analyses Presence of fishing lights over the Patagonian shelf Inter-annual variability in the spatial distribution of

fishery Relationship between fished area and catch

DMSP-OLS data

Period: January to August 1993-2005Time: 23:00 - 03:00 local time Region: the Patagonian Shelf, Southwest Atlantic Resolution: approximately 2.7 km Images: 496 (five single-pass images per month)

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

Geographical Information System (GIS)

• Digital number (DN) values:

0 (no radiance) to 63 (saturated radiance)

• DN value of ≥ 30

　 lights from vessels

　 lights reflected from the ocean surface 　

DMSP-OLS data

Fishery data

• Source:

　　 from the Food and Agriculture Organization 　

　　 (FAO)

• Period: 1993-2005

• Region: the Patagonian shelf

• Data: annual catch

Presence of fishing lights over the Patagonian shelf

• This data composite was then used to identify the extent of the fishery and the distribution of areas of high and low fishing activity during the period 1993-2005.

• The percentage frequency of occupation of each grid cell calculated for the 13-year period of the study.

Inter-annual variability in the spatial distribution of fishery

PRIMER 5: inter-annual variability in the distribution of the ligh

t-fishing fleet

Bray-Curtis similarities: distributional similarity between years

Hovmoller plot: fleet variability in the spatial extent and abundance o

f the fleet over time and latitude

Relationship between fished area and catch

Regression analyses : examine relationships between annual

catch and the total fished area over the period 1993-2005

Results

Fig. 1. Distribution of fishing lights targeting Illex argentinus on the Patagonian Shelf, Southwest Atlantic, obtained from the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) for the period 1993-2005. Legend indicates the number of years in which fishing took place in each 2.7 km grid square.

15%13%

7%

Fig. 2. Frequency of occupation (number of years that fishing occurred in each grid cell based on 27 by 27 km grid cells) of the Patagonian shelf region by the I. argentinus light-fishing fleet, 1993-2005.

15%

13%

7% Fig. 1.

Fig. 3. Percentage inter-annual Bray-Curtis similarity of the geographic distribution of fishing lights of the I. argentinus fleet on the Patagonian shelf, 1993-2005.

50%

< 35%

Fig. 4. Inter-annual variability in the latitudinal extent of the I. argentinus fishing fleet on the Patagonian shelf (calculated as the proportion of the maximum lit area for each 27 km latitude band; n = 90). Legend shows the percentage occupation of each latitudinal band by the fleet in each year, 1993-2005.

smaller

smaller

Fig. 1.

Fig. 5. (a) Annual variability in catch (log tonnes; open circles, dashed line) and area fished (km2; closed circles, solid line) for the period 1993-2005. (b) The area occupied by the fishery (km2) vs. the total catch (log tonnes) for the corresponding year. (—) Regression line (R2 = 0.62); (- - -) 95% confidence intervals. (Regression equation: log catch = 4.02 + 0.000159×area fished (km2)).

log catcharea fished

Regression line95% CI

2001

2005

1999

2004

Discussion

Fig. 1. Distribution of fishing lights targeting Illex argentinus on the Patagonian Shelf, Southwest Atlantic, obtained from the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) for the period 1993-2005. Legend indicates the number of years in which fishing took place in each 2.7 km grid square.

45°S

47°S

11% ~ 35% of the total stock(FAO, 1994)

10% ~ 28% of the total lit area

• shelf break (200 m contour)

• without a license

Falkland current (Waluda et al., 2001b; Sacau et al., 2005; Arkhipkin et al., 2006)

80% of the total catch

33% of the total fished area

feeding aggregations of squid

28% Opportunistic(Rodhouse and

Nigmatullin, 1996)

high productivity (Ciechomski and Sanchez, 1983; Bertolotti et al., 1996)

Fig. 3. Percentage inter-annual Bray-Curtis similarity of the geographic distribution of fishing lights of the I. argentinus fleet on the Patagonian shelf, 1993-2005.

< 35%

most profitable fishery areas in any 1 year

50%

Fig. 1. Distribution of fishing lights targeting Illex argentinus on the Patagonian Shelf, Southwest Atlantic, obtained from the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) for the period 1993-2005. Legend indicates the number of years in which fishing took place in each 2.7 km grid square.

Fig. 4. Inter-annual variability in the latitudinal extent of the I. argentinus fishing fleet on the Patagonian shelf. Legend shows the percentage occupation of each latitudinal band by the fleet in each year, 1993-2005.

smaller

smaller log catcharea fished

Fig. 5. (a) Annual variability in catch (log tonnes) and area fished (km2) for the period 1993-2005.

a reduction of squid in the southern part of the species range has the greatest effect on the overall size of the fishery variability to the north of 47◦S had less overall effect on the reported catch

• thermal gradient regions occurring between different water masses (Brunetti et al., 1998a; Waluda et al., 1999, 2001a,

b; Bazzino et al., 2005; Sacau et al., 2005)

• feeding aggregations of squid occurring at these fronts

• different depths dependent on water temperature variability (Bazzino et al., 2005; Sacau et al., 2005)

variable distribution of the fleet over the 13 years

Illex argentinus

• Sea surface temperatures in the inferred hatching region during June and July of 2003 and 2004 were 0.4 and 0.9◦C warmer than average, respectively (over the period 1986-2005; BAS, unpublished data), which may have partially contributed to the reduced fishery yield during 2004 and 2005.

• Despite the very low catches in 2004 and 2005 the fishery has recently shown some signs of recovery with catches of over 85,000 tonnes recorded from Falkland Islands waters in 2006.

short-lived, fast growing (Rodhouse, 2001)

conclusion long-term monitoring of this highly variable squid fishery

Fig. 1. Distribution of fishing lights targeting Illex argentinus on the Patagonian Shelf, Southwest Atlantic, obtained from the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) for the period 1993-2005. Legend indicates the number of years in which fishing took place in each 2.7 km grid square.

Prospective

• I. argentinus is a major component of the Patagonian shelf food web, it is vitally important to manage the whole of the I. argentinus population in the region.

• If this area is to be managed effectively, the whole of the species range must be considered in any stock management plan.

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