Fish aggregating devices (FADs) are floating objects used by fishers to aggregate pelagic
fish such as tunas, and enhance the catch of these species. Because this is so important for …

Several pelagic fish species are known to regularly associate with floating objects in the
open ocean, including commercially valuable species. The tuna purse seine industry takes …

The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a widely distributed, migratory species that
supports valuable commercial fisheries throughout their range. Management of migratory …

The silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis is the primary elasmobranch bycatch in the global
tuna purse seine fishery using fish aggregating devices (FADs). Information on the …

Managing populations of wild harvested species requires the ability to regularly provide
accurate abundance assessments. For most marine species, changes in abundance can …

As tropical pelagic species are attracted by floating objects in the surface of the ocean,
industrial purse seiners deploy thousands of man-made drifting fish aggregating devices …

Anchored fish aggregating devices (FADs) are deployed by fishermen worldwide to facilitate
the capture of pelagic fish. We investigated the associative behavior of yellowfin Thunnus …

For centuries fishers have exploited the propensity for tuna to associate with floating objects,
yet the reasons and mechanisms behind this behavior remain unclear. The number of man …

Estimating the abundance of pelagic fish species is a challenging task, due to their vast and
remote habitat. Despite the development of satellite, archival and acoustic tagging …

Catch and distribution of tuna in the ocean are typically investigated with ocean basin-scale
models. Due to their large scale, such models must greatly simplify tuna behaviour occurring …