Billfishes, excluding swordfish, are typically not the primary targets of large-scale fisheries,
which has historically led to a lack of targeted monitoring efforts. The lack of data on age …

The decline in the stock of the narrow-barred Spanish mackerel in the Taiwan Strait has
sparked interest in conservation efforts. To optimize conservation and restoration efforts, it is …

The location, effort, number of captures, and time of fishing were all used in this study to
assess the geographic distribution of Parastromateus niger in the Taiwan Strait. Other …

When deriving relative abundance indices on the basis of fishery catch-per-unit-effort
(CPUE) data, biases may be introduced by systematic changes in the spatial distribution of …

Understanding the key factors influencing population dynamics of fish stocks requires
knowledge of their spatial distribution and seasonal habitat selection, but these spatio …

In the presente study, cluster analysis was performed to classify 1080 interviews with
captains of national pelagic longline fleet (2000 to 2011), and 38 trips of the chartered fleet …

Estimating changes in the biomass of a fish stock is crucial for successful management.
However, fishery assessment may be affected by the quality of the inputs used in stock …

Standardized catches per unit of effort (in number and weight) were obtained for the Atlantic
shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) using General Linear Modeling (GLM) procedures based …

In the present study, a cluster analysis, in relation to the species composition of the catches,
was used to classify 6,486 fishing sets by a longline fleet based in São Paulo State, Brazil …

The blue shark, Prionace glauca, is a pelagic species with a circum-global distribution in
tropical to temperate waters. It is the top by-catch shark species for the Taiwanese large …