Quantifying light-fishing for Dosidicus gigas in the Eastern Pacific using satellite remote sensing

Waluda, C M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3517-5233; Yamashiro, C; Elvidge, C D; Hobson, V R; Rodhouse, P G. 2004 Quantifying light-fishing for Dosidicus gigas in the Eastern Pacific using satellite remote sensing. Remote sensing of Environment, 91 (2). 129-133.

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Abstract/Summary

The distribution and abundance of the fleet targeting Jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Eastern Pacific is examined during the 1999 fishery season. The commercial fishery consists of a multinational jigging fleet, which fish at night using powerful lights to attract squid. The emission of light from these vessels can be observed using satellite-derived imagery obtained by the United States Defence Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS). In order to quantify fishing effort using lights, data on the distribution and abundance of vessels were obtained via satellite tracking using the ARGOS system. The distribution of the fishery as derived from light signatures was found to closely resemble that derived from ship location data. By using ARGOS data to calibrate DMSP-OLS images, we are able to estimate fishing effort in terms of the ‘area illuminated’ by the fishing fleet. Light signatures derived from DMSP-OLS were successfully used to quantify fishing effort, estimating the number of vessels fishing to within F2 in 85 out of 103 satellite images (83%). High seas fishing was also quantified, with light signatures corresponding to a single fishing vessel observed in 11 out of 103 satellite passes during the fishery season (July–December 1999). This study examines how much light (in terms of area) is emitted by a single squid fishing vessel, and may prove to be a valuable tool in assessing and policing fisheries using satellite remote sensing.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Independent Projects
Additional Keywords:	Squid fishery Dosidicus gigas DMSP-OLS ARGOS Remote sensing GIS
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Zoology Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	11 Feb 2010 18:21 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7104

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Independent Projects

Additional Keywords:

Squid fishery Dosidicus gigas DMSP-OLS ARGOS Remote sensing GIS

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences
Zoology
Ecology and Environment

Date made live:

11 Feb 2010 18:21 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7104