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Fishing ground distribution of neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii) in relation to oceanographic conditions in the Northwest Pacific Ocean

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Neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartramii, is a squid species of the North Pacific Ocean, which plays an important economical role in the international fishery. Logbook data for Chinese squid-jigging fishery over 2004–2011 were used to evaluate the relationship between the fishing grounds of the squid and the convergent frontal areas, which were defined by the contour lines of specific sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration. Our results indicate that the SST in the range of 15 to 19°C and the Chl-a concentration in the range of 0.1 to 0.4 mg m−3 are the favorable conditions for the aggregation of the squid. Additionally, we deduced that the SST at 17.5°C and the Chl-a concentration at 0.25 mg m−3 are the optimal environmental conditions for the aggregation of O. bartramii. In August, the annual CPUE is positively correlated with the proportion of the fishing grounds with favorable SST and Chl-a concentration, as well as the combination of the two variables, implying that the abundance of the squid annually is largely depending on the presence of the favorable environmental conditions for fishery in August. Minor spatial difference between mean latitudinal location of the 17.5°C SST and 0.25 mg m−3 Chl-a fronts can increase the CPUEs of O. bartramii. Furthermore, the monthly latitudinal gravity centers of the CPUE closely followed the mean latitudinal position of the contour lines of the 17.5°C SST and the 0.25 mg m−3 Chl-a concentration. Our findings suggest the convergent oceanographic features (fronts) play significant roles in regulating the distribution and abundance of the western stock of the winter-spring cohort of O. bartramii, which can help people to improve their ability to discover the O. bartramii fishing grounds with higher productivity.

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This study was financially supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2017M611612), the Doctoral Startup Scientific Research Foundation of Shanghai Ocean University (No. A2-0203-17-100313), the National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (No. 2013BAD13B01), the Open Fund for Key Laboratory of Sustainable Exploitation of Oceanic Fisheries Resources in Shanghai Ocean University (No. A1-0203-00-2009-5), and the Shanghai Universities First-Class Disciplines Project (Fisheries A). The authors would like to thank the Squid-Jigging Science and Technology Group of Shanghai Ocean University for providing the spatiallyexplicit catch data, and the Live Access Server of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Watch and the Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center for providing the environmental data.

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  1. College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, P. R. China

    Wei Yu, Xinjun Chen & Qian Yi

  2. National Engineering Research Center for Oceanic Fisheries, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, P. R. China

    Wei Yu, Xinjun Chen & Qian Yi

  3. Key Laboratory of Sustainable Exploitation of Oceanic Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, P. R. China

    Wei Yu, Xinjun Chen & Qian Yi

  4. Collaborative Innovation Center for Distant-water Fisheries, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, P. R. China

    Wei Yu, Xinjun Chen & Qian Yi

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Yu, W., Chen, X. & Yi, Q. Fishing ground distribution of neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii) in relation to oceanographic conditions in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Univ. China 16, 1157–1166 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-017-3354-0

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