Pelagic Fish Behaviour During Trawl Sampling Off Angola

• Published in: The Open Oceanography Journal
• Main Authors: Haugland, Eli Kyrkjebø, Misund, Ole Arve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Bentham Open 2011
• Subjects: pelagic trawl; Sardinella; underwater video-recording; fish behaviour; fish escapes; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922; Fridtjof; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/109288; https://doi.org/10.2174/1874252101105010022

Large sardinella (Sardinella maderensis and Sardinella aurita) in warm waters off the coast of Africa are known to be a challenge for pelagic trawl sampling, for example during acoustic surveys for abundance estimation. We observed the swimming behaviour of sardinella mixed with other pelagic specie...