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Horizontal movements and home range of black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii in the natural coast of Hiroshima Bay, Japan

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Knowledge of fish movement ecology contributes to the improvement of fishery resource management actions. We investigated the horizontal movement of the black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii around the natural coast of Nishinoumishima Island in Hiroshima Bay, using active acoustic tracking. Six adult fish equipped with depth transmitters were tracked for a total of 54 days in the bay. Five tagged fish were fully tracked for 9–10 consecutive days after release. Tagged fish were found in the intertidal zone and adjacent subtidal zones, which were shallower than 12 m, and within 170 m off the coastline. The mean daily movement distance and 95% kernel utilized density of tagged fish were 191 ± 272 m and 60,207 ± 99,437 m2, respectively. The swimming depth of the tagged fish was 1–4 m above the seafloor. We opine that the littoral area (< 12 m in depth), which includes the intertidal zone and adjacent subtidal zone, is an important habitat for black sea bream.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Mr. Kei Kubokouchi for the support in carrying out the experiments. We particularly thank all the members who helped with the field experiment. Financial support was provided by Hiroshima University Education and Research Support Foundation.

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  1. Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries Research Institute for Fisheries Science, Setouchi, Okayama, 701-4303, Japan

    Atsushi Tsuyuki

  2. Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan

    Tetsuya Umino

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Tsuyuki, A., Umino, T. Horizontal movements and home range of black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii in the natural coast of Hiroshima Bay, Japan. Fish Sci 90, 169–177 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-024-01748-3

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