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Large Pelagic Fishes In The Caribbean Sea And The Gulf Of Mexico: Current Status And Integrated Management, Mark S. Peterson, Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, James S. Franks
Large Pelagic Fishes In The Caribbean Sea And The Gulf Of Mexico: Current Status And Integrated Management, Mark S. Peterson, Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, James S. Franks
Gulf and Caribbean Research
A symposium convened on 7 November 2006 in conjunction with the 59th annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute in Belize City, Belize.
Large Pelagic Fishes In The Wider Caribbean And Northwest Atlantic Ocean: Movement Patterns Determined From Conventional And Electronic Tagging, Brian E. Luckhurst
Large Pelagic Fishes In The Wider Caribbean And Northwest Atlantic Ocean: Movement Patterns Determined From Conventional And Electronic Tagging, Brian E. Luckhurst
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Conventional tagging data has documented long distance movements (including trans-Atlantic movements) in blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) within the Atlantic. Swordfish (Xiphius gladius) have also been shown to move substantial distances, although primarily in a north-south direction. There is, however, a paucity of data for wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri). In the past several years, electronic archival (i.e., data recording) tags have significantly advanced our understanding of the behavior and movement patterns of large pelagic fishes. Data from electronic arcltival tags have generally corroborated conventional tagging data with respect to …
Relative Abundance Of Pelagic Sharks In The Western North Atlantic Ocean, Including The Gulf Of Mexico And Caribbean Sea, Enric Cortes, Craig A. Brown, Lawrence R. Beerkircher
Relative Abundance Of Pelagic Sharks In The Western North Atlantic Ocean, Including The Gulf Of Mexico And Caribbean Sea, Enric Cortes, Craig A. Brown, Lawrence R. Beerkircher
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Little information exists on the status of pelagic shark populations in the Atlantic Ocean, especially in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. We derived indices of relative abundance for pelagic sharks based on mandatory logbooks and observer reports from a scientific observer program of the United States (US) pelagic longline fleet. Time series data from the pelagic longline logbook program (1986-2005) and the pelagic longline observer program (1992-2005) were standardized with Generalized Linear Model (GLM) procedures. Declines in relative abundance for the 6 pelagic shark species or genera examined in the logbook data analysis ranged from 43% for mako …
Management In The Gulf And Caribbean: Mosaic Or Melting Pot?, Patrick Mcconney, Hazel A. Oxenford, Milton Haughton
Management In The Gulf And Caribbean: Mosaic Or Melting Pot?, Patrick Mcconney, Hazel A. Oxenford, Milton Haughton
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Does ''managing large pelagic fishes" mean the same thing across the diversity of maritime jurisdictions, governance arrangements, economies, languages, cultures, scales of operation and other features of the Gulf and Caribbean region? It would be surprising if it did. Yet international fisheries management urges this mosaic of management to become a melting pot; at least integrated, even if differentiated. This paper examines some themes underlying whether a mosaic or melting pot is the most apt metaphor for where we are, and are headed, in attempts to manage large pelagic fishes in the region. We pay particular attention to the multi-dimensional …