Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem
During the last century, the population of Pacific sardine(Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem has exhibited large fluctuations in abundance and migration behavior. From approximately 1900 to 1940, the abundanceof sardine reached 3.6 million metric tons and the “northern stock” migrated from offshore of Californiain the spring to the coastal areas near Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island in the summer. In the 1940s, the sardine stock collapsed and the few remaining sardine schools concentrated in the coastal region off southern California, year-round, for the next 50 years. The stock gradually recovered in the late 1980s and resumed its seasonal migration between regions off southern California and Canada. Recently, a model was developed which predictsthe potential habitat for the northern stock of Pacific sardine and its seasonal dynamics. The habitat predictions were successfully validated using data from sardine surveysusing the daily egg production method; scientific trawl surveys off the Columbia River mouth; and commercial sardine landings off Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island. Here, the predictions of the potential habitat and seasonal migration of the northern stock of sardine arevalidated using data from “acoustic–trawl” surveys of the entire west coast of the United States during the springand summer of 2008. The estimates of sardine biomass and lengths from the two surveys are not significantlydifferent between spring and summer, indicating that they are representative of the entire stock. The resultsalso confirm that the model of potential sardine habitat can be used to optimally apply survey effort and thus minimize random and systematic sampling error in the biomassestimates. Furthermore, the acoustic–trawl survey data are useful to estimate concurrently the distributions and abundances of other pelagic fishes.
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dig-aquadocs-1834-253402021-06-25T02:33:24Z Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem Demer, David A. Zwolinski, Juan P. Byers, Kyle A. Cutter, George R. Renfree, Josiah S. Sessions, Thomas S. Macewicz, Beverly J. Biology Ecology Fisheries During the last century, the population of Pacific sardine(Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem has exhibited large fluctuations in abundance and migration behavior. From approximately 1900 to 1940, the abundanceof sardine reached 3.6 million metric tons and the “northern stock” migrated from offshore of Californiain the spring to the coastal areas near Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island in the summer. In the 1940s, the sardine stock collapsed and the few remaining sardine schools concentrated in the coastal region off southern California, year-round, for the next 50 years. The stock gradually recovered in the late 1980s and resumed its seasonal migration between regions off southern California and Canada. Recently, a model was developed which predictsthe potential habitat for the northern stock of Pacific sardine and its seasonal dynamics. The habitat predictions were successfully validated using data from sardine surveysusing the daily egg production method; scientific trawl surveys off the Columbia River mouth; and commercial sardine landings off Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island. Here, the predictions of the potential habitat and seasonal migration of the northern stock of sardine arevalidated using data from “acoustic–trawl” surveys of the entire west coast of the United States during the springand summer of 2008. The estimates of sardine biomass and lengths from the two surveys are not significantlydifferent between spring and summer, indicating that they are representative of the entire stock. The resultsalso confirm that the model of potential sardine habitat can be used to optimally apply survey effort and thus minimize random and systematic sampling error in the biomassestimates. Furthermore, the acoustic–trawl survey data are useful to estimate concurrently the distributions and abundances of other pelagic fishes. 2021-06-24T16:19:39Z 2021-06-24T16:19:39Z 2012-01 article TRUE 0090-0656 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/25340 en http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1101/demer.pdf application/pdf application/pdf 52-70 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/8690 403 2012-06-07 14:48:36 8690 United States National Marine Fisheries Service |
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During the last century, the population of Pacific sardine(Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem has exhibited large fluctuations in abundance and migration behavior. From approximately 1900 to 1940, the abundanceof sardine reached 3.6 million metric tons and the “northern stock” migrated from offshore of Californiain the spring to the coastal areas near Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island in the summer. In the 1940s, the sardine stock collapsed and the few remaining sardine schools concentrated in the coastal region off southern California, year-round, for the next 50 years. The stock gradually recovered in the late 1980s and resumed its seasonal migration between regions off southern California and Canada. Recently, a model was developed which predictsthe potential habitat for the northern stock of Pacific sardine and its seasonal dynamics. The habitat predictions were successfully validated using data from sardine surveysusing the daily egg production method; scientific trawl surveys off the Columbia River mouth; and commercial sardine landings off Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver Island. Here, the predictions of the potential habitat and seasonal migration of the northern stock of sardine arevalidated using data from “acoustic–trawl” surveys of the entire west coast of the United States during the springand summer of 2008. The estimates of sardine biomass and lengths from the two surveys are not significantlydifferent between spring and summer, indicating that they are representative of the entire stock. The resultsalso confirm that the model of potential sardine habitat can be used to optimally apply survey effort and thus minimize random and systematic sampling error in the biomassestimates. Furthermore, the acoustic–trawl survey data are useful to estimate concurrently the distributions and abundances of other pelagic fishes. |
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Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem |
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Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem |
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Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem |
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Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem |
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prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of pacific sardine (sardinops sagax) in the california current ecosystem |
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