The key role of the Northern Mozambique Channel for Indian Ocean tropical tuna fisheries

E Chassot, N Bodin, F Sardenne, D Obura - Reviews in Fish Biology and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) is a tropical area of~ 1 million km 2
where pelagic fisheries supply proteins to more than 9 million people living in Comoros …

Skipjack tuna availability for purse seine fisheries is driven by suitable feeding habitat dynamics in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

JN Druon, E Chassot, H Murua, J Lopez - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
An Ecological Niche model was developed for skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, SKJ) in
the Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean (AO) and Western Indian Ocean (IO) using an extensive …

Trophic niches of sympatric tropical tuna in the Western Indian Ocean inferred by stable isotopes and neutral fatty acids

F Sardenne, N Bodin, E Chassot, A Amiel… - Progress in …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study examined the trophic ecology of three sympatric tropical tuna species (bigeye
BET, skipjack SKJ, and yellowfin YFT) sampled in the Western Indian Ocean throughout …

The Northern Mozambique Channel

DO Obura, SO Bandeira, N Bodin, V Burgener… - World seas: an …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Northern Mozambique Channel is a treasure of unique oceanography, rich
coral reefs, migrating tuna, and whales, bounded by the Comoros, France, Madagascar …

Variations in the diet and stable isotope ratios during the ovarian development of female yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Western Indian Ocean

I Zudaire, H Murua, M Grande, N Goñi, M Potier… - Marine Biology, 2015 - Springer
The feeding strategy of female yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) during their reproductive
cycle was investigated using a combination of different trophic tracers, ie, stomach contents …

Operational oceanography applied to skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) habitat monitoring and fishing in south‐western Atlantic

JL Coletto, MP Pinho… - Fisheries Oceanography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) ranks third among marine resources that sustain global
fisheries. This study delimits the spatiotemporal habitat of the species in the south‐western …

Are condition factors powerful proxies of energy content in wild tropical tunas?

F Sardenne, E Chassot, E Fouché, F Ménard… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The “condition” is used as an indicator of fish health and is generally equated with the
quantity of energy reserves. Biometric condition factors have been widely used and …

Managing tropical tuna purse seine fisheries through limiting the number of drifting fish aggregating devices in the Indian Ocean: food for thought

A Fonteneau, E Chassot - Working Party on Tropical Tunas of …, 2014 - documentation.ird.fr
This paper deals with the use of drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs) in the Indian
Ocean and of the potential interest to manage purse seine fisheries through limiting their …

Effect of brine immersion freezing on the determination of ecological tracers in fish

N Bodin, V Lucas, P Dewals, M Adeline… - … Food Research and …, 2014 - Springer
The use of a multi-ecological tracer approach provides valuable and complementary
insights to investigate the complex biology and ecology of large pelagic fish. Brine …

The challenge of assessing the effects of drifting fish aggregating devices on the behaviour and biology of tropical tuna

A Dupaix, F Ménard, JD Filmalter, Y Baidai… - Fish and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fishers have intensively used drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs) over the last three
decades to facilitate their catch of tropical tunas. DFADs increase purse‐seine efficiency …