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TI Electronic tagging of Bluefin Tunas from the Maltese spawning ground suggests size-dependent migration dynamics
BT 
AF Rouyer, Tristan
   Bernard, Serge
   Kerzerho, Vincent
   Giordano, Nicolas
   Giordano, François
   Ellul, Salvu
   Ellul, Giovanni
   Derridj, Olivier
   CANET, Remy
   Deguara, Simeon
   Wendling, Bertrand
   Bonhommeau, Sylvain
AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:3;5:3;6:4;7:4;8:1;9:1;10:5;11:6;12:7;
FF 1:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;9:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;10:;11:;12:PDG-RBE-DOI;
C1 MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, Sète, IRD, France
   LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
   Armement « Saint Sophie François II & III », SARL SSF, 15 Quai d’Alger, 34200, Sète, France
   MFF Ltd, Hangar, Marsaxlokk MXK 1522, Triq it – Trunciera, Malta
   AquaBioTech Group, ‘Central Complex’, Targa Gap, Naggar Street, Mosta, 1761, MST, Malta
   SATHOAN, 29, promenade J.B. Marty, 34200, Sète, France
   IFREMER DOI, rue Jean Bertho, 97822, Le Port, La Réunion, France
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
   SARL SSF, FRANCE
   MFF LTD, MALTA
   AQUABIOTECH GROUP, MALTA
   SATHOAN, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI SETE
   LA REUNION
SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM
   PDG-RBE-DOI
UM MARBEC
IN WOS Ifremer UPR
   WOS Ifremer UMR
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
IF 1.4
TC 4
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00768/87952/93621.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Thunnus thynnus;Electronic tagging;Large-scale migration;Purse seine;Spawning ground
AB The purse seine fishery in the Mediterranean represents about 60% of the international catch for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Yet, tagging operations from this segment of the fisheries remain rare and despite its potential importance for management, several aspects related to the migratory behavior of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna from these areas remain unaddressed. In the present manuscript, we report the results of two tagging operations carried out on a commercial purse seiner during two consecutive years in the spawning ground around the Maltese islands in the Central Mediterranean Sea. During these operations, eight individuals were tagged and the results showed that the larger fish (> 200 cm) undertook large-scale migrations outside the Mediterranean, whereas smaller individuals did not. This study suggests that size might affect the migratory behavior of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, and underlines the potential of large-scale tagging operations from spawning grounds to address scientific questions having significant management implications. 
PY 2022
PD MAY
SO Environmental Biology Of Fishes
SN 0378-1909
PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC
VL 105
IS 5
UT 000789070900001
BP 635
EP 644
DI 10.1007/s10641-022-01262-4
ID 87952
ER

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