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Journal Title:
Fisheries Research
Personal Author:
Dorval, Emmanis ; Lynn, Kirk ; Porzio, Dianna ; Nguyen, Trung ; Grady, Katie
Dorval, Emmanis ; Lynn, Kirk ; Porzio, Dianna ; Nguyen, Trung ; Grady, Katie Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center) Less -
Description:
Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) stocks off the U.S. Pacific coast undergo boom and bust cycles modulated by decadal changes in oceanic and atmospheric conditions. During periods of low abundance, Pacific sardine may contract into nearshore waters, making it more challenging to be surveyed by research vessels that cannot operate in the shallowest habitats, 0 to 40.00 m. In response, a new transect-based design and methods were developed to compute bias and variance of biomass estimated from a collaborative aerial survey implemented in nearshore waters. From experimental aerial surveys conducted in 2010 and from 2018 to 2020, two professional aerial fish spotters underestimated school biomass by 10.5% and 12.6%, whereas most of the variability of aerial biomass was due to within-transect variance, with no significant contribution from the among-transect variance. Implementation of the new transect-based design to aerial surveys from 2020 to 2023 in southern and northern California showed that a substantial biomass of Pacific sardine occurred in nearshore waters, representing 69.9% of total biomass estimated from acoustic surveys in spring 2021, and 36.5% in summer 2021. Seasonal biomass estimates were variable within each region, affected by school dynamics during daytime in nearshore waters and the timing of aerial surveys as determined by weather and environmental conditions. Given that nearshore aerial biomass comprised a measurable proportion of total biomass estimates for Pacific sardine during the recent period of low abundance, it has been used to inform acoustic survey catchability, which is no longer assumed to be 1.0 in recent Pacific sardine stock assessments.
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Aquatic Science
Source:
Fisheries Research, 274, 106999
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.106999
ISSN:
0165-7836
Format:
PDF
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
Document Type:
Journal Article
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Accepted Manuscript
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Submitted
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urn:sha256:c839a329508a64bc5dcb50ef458aeaacdd7b18d2bfc32b3b703afb4a8762077e
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