Multi‐timescale interactions between pink and chum salmon catch per unit effort in the Bering Sea

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Author: Watanabe, Kyuji
• Other Authors: Fisheries Agency
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Pacific; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12211; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Ffog.12211; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fog.12211

Abstract Based on generalized linear models, interspecific interactions were identified between chum and pink salmon. In addition, the effects of sea surface temperature and location on the variability of catch per unit effort ( CPUE ) of chum salmon from gill‐net surveys carried out between 1972 and 2010 were investigated. In the optimal model, interspecific interactions between CPUE s of chum and pink salmon on a year scale were positive for approximately half of all years in the central Bering Sea. In addition, interspecific interactions on a multi‐year scale were positive in even‐numbered years. The effects of location on the CPUE of chum salmon were significant variables in the optimal model. The CPUE s of chum salmon located near the continental shelf in the Bering Sea were higher than those of other locations. This study provides new evidence of positive interspecific interactions between the CPUE s of chum and pink salmon. The results also suggest that the standardized CPUE of chum salmon from the gill‐net surveys reflects relative chum salmon abundance in the North Pacific Ocean in the following year.