Unusual Association of Skipjack Tunas Katsuwonus pelamis and a Longline Vessel

3 pages, 1 figure Skipjack tuna were observed for the first time swimming in front of the bow of a fishing vessel during a tagging campaign in the North Atlantic. Video recordings show how tuna adapted their speed and direction to the vessel, using the pectoral fins to move from top to bottom and ba...

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Published in:Ocean Science Journal
Main Authors: Mucientes, Gonzalo, Vilas-Arrondo, Nair
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer 2021
Subjects:
Tuna association
Behaviour
Katsuwonus pelamis
North Atlantic
Fishing vessel
Interaction
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/241126
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-021-00002-6
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Summary:3 pages, 1 figure Skipjack tuna were observed for the first time swimming in front of the bow of a fishing vessel during a tagging campaign in the North Atlantic. Video recordings show how tuna adapted their speed and direction to the vessel, using the pectoral fins to move from top to bottom and back and forth across the bow of the ship. We discuss the potential drivers of this behaviour GM was supported by a grant number ICETA 2017-49, under the project I&D MarInfo–Integrated Platform for Marine Data Acquisition and Analysis, NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000031 Peer reviewed

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