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Two scales of distribution and biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the eastern sector of the CCAMLR Division 58.4.2 (55°E to 80°E)
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Cox, MJ and Macaulay, G and Brasier, MJ and Burns, A and Johnson, OJ and King, R and Maschette, D and Melvin, JE and Smith, AJR and Weldrick, CK and Wotherspoon, S and Kawaguchi, S, Two scales of distribution and biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the eastern sector of the CCAMLR Division 58.4.2 (55 E to 80 E), PLoS ONE, 17, (8) Article e0271078. ISSN 1932-6203 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271078
Abstract
Regular monitoring is an important component of the successful management of pelagic animals of interest to commercial fisheries. Here we provide a biomass estimate for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the eastern sector of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Division 58.4.2 (55°E to 80°E; area = 775,732 km2) using data collected during an acoustic-trawl survey carried out in February and March 2021. Using acoustic data collected in day-time and trawl data, areal biomass density was estimated as 8.3 gm-2 giving a total areal krill biomass of 6.48 million tonnes, with a 28.9% coefficient of variation (CV). The inaccessibility of the East Antarctic makes fisheries-independent surveys of Antarctic krill expensive and time consuming, so we also assessed the efficacy of extrapolating smaller surveys to a wider area. During the large-scale survey a smaller scale survey (centre coordinates -66.28°S 63.35°E, area = 4,902 km2) was conducted. We examine how representative krill densities from the small-scale (Mawson box) survey were over a latitudinal range by comparing krill densities from the large-scale survey split into latitudinal bands. We found the small scale survey provided a good representation of the statistical distribution of krill densities within its latitudinal band (KS-test, D = 0.048, p-value = 0.98), as well as mean density (t-test p-value = 0.44), but not outside of the band. We recommend further in situ testing of this approach.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | krill, Antarctica, biomass, tempo |
Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
Research Field: | Fisheries management |
Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Fisheries - wild caught |
Objective Field: | Wild caught crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns) |
UTAS Author: | Cox, MJ (Dr Martin Cox) |
UTAS Author: | Macaulay, G (Dr Gavin Macaulay) |
UTAS Author: | Brasier, MJ (Dr Madeleine Brasier) |
UTAS Author: | Johnson, OJ (Ms Olivia Johnson) |
UTAS Author: | Maschette, D (Mr Dale Maschette) |
UTAS Author: | Melvin, JE (Miss Jessica Melvin) |
UTAS Author: | Smith, AJR (Dr Abigail Smith) |
UTAS Author: | Weldrick, CK (Dr Christine Weldrick) |
UTAS Author: | Kawaguchi, S (Dr So Kawaguchi) |
ID Code: | 155001 |
Year Published: | 2022 |
Deposited By: | Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration |
Deposited On: | 2023-01-23 |
Last Modified: | 2023-01-23 |
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