Technical report / Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme

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Sq 639.2099 TEC
Created/Published
Noumea, New Caledonia : South Pacific Commission, 1982-1993
Issue
No. 23 (9-28 April 1990)
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TUNA TAGGING AND OBSERVATIONS ON A JAPANESE GROUP PURSE SEINE VESSEL 1
TUNA TAGGING AND OBSERVATIONS ON A JAPANESE GROUP PURSE SEINE VESSEL 3 , 4
ABSTRACT 5
RESUME 5
CONTENTS 7 , 8
LIST OF TABLES 9
LIST OF FIGURES 9
1. INTRODUCTION 11
2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 11
2.1 Japanese group purse seine operations 11
2.2 Group seine vessel types 11 , 12 , 13
3. KOTOBUKI GROUP – VESSELS AND GEAR 3.1 Vessels and personnel 14
3.2 Marine electronics 14 , 15
3.3 Engine room 15
3.4 Deck machinery 15 , 16
3.5 Purse seine net 16 , 17
4. FISHING METHOD 4.1 Information 17
4.2 Fishing strategy 17
4.3 Searching 17
4.4 School and set types 17 , 18
4.5 Unassociated school set 18 , 19 , 20
4.6 Log-associated school set 20
4.7 Ship school set 20
5. FISHING RESULTS 5.1 Catch summary 20 , 21
5.2 Set type and catch per unit of effort (CPUE) 21
6. TAGGING CRUISE SUMMARY 6.1 Daily activities 22
6.2 Set summary 23
6.3 By-catch and discards 23
6.4 Vessel sightings 23
7. FISH TAGGING "JA Materials and procedures 23 , 24
7.2 Tagging methodology 24 , 25
7.3 Tag releases 26
7.4 Length frequencies of releases 26 , 27
7.5 Tag recaptures 27 , 28 , 29
8. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 29 , 30
APPENDIX I ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING TAGGING RESEARCH ON BOARD PURSE SEINERS 31
APPENDIX II JAPANESE 1990 SOUTHERN-WATER GROUP PURSE SEINE FLEET 32
APPENDIX III SPECIFICATIONS OF KOTOBUKI GROUP PURSE SEINE VESSELS 33
APPENDIX IV KOTOBUKI MARU 23 VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS 34
APPENDIX V KOTOBUKI MARU 23 1990 CREW LIST 35
APPENDIX VI KOTOBUKI MARU 23 BRIDGE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 36
APPENDIX VII KOTOBUKI MARU 23 DECK MACHINERY 37
APPENDIX VIII KOTOBUKI MARU 23 PURSE SEINE NET SPECIFICATIONS 38
APPENDIX IX KOTOBUKI MARU 23 – SUMMARY OF CATCH (metric tonnes) AND EFFORT IN 1990 39 , 40
APPENDIX X TAGGING EQUIPMENT 41

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