Nursery areas of red mullet (Mullus barbatus), hake (Merluccius merluccius) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in the Eastern-Central Mediterranean Sea |
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| Authors: | Roberto Carlucci Lembo Giuseppe Maiorano Porzia Capezzuto Francesca Marano Chiara Alessandra Sion Letizia Spedicato Maria Teresa Ungaro Nicola Tursi Angelo Gianfranco D'Onghia |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Zoology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy;bCOISPA Tecnologia e Ricerca, Via dei Trulli 18–20, Torre a Mare, Bari, Italy;cDepartment of Animal Health and Well-being, University of Bari, Str. Prov. Casamassima km 3, Valenzano, Bari, Italy;dARPA Puglia, Corso Trieste 27 – Bari, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The spatial pattern of the nursery areas of red mullet (Mullus barbatus), hake (Merluccius merluccius) (Linnaeus, 1758) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) (Lucas, 1846) was studied in the South Adriatic and North Ionian Seas (Eastern-Central Mediterranean) applying geostatistical techniques and data from time series trawl surveys conducted in the area. The analysed variables were: R (number of recruits/km2) and R/Tot (fraction of recruits on the total sampled population). The structural analysis showed a spatial pattern of both variables characterized by continuity on a small scale. Predictions of nursery area localization with probability of finding recruits at different threshold values were obtained through median indicator kriging. For the red mullet the nurseries were mainly identified in the South Adriatic Sea off the Gargano peninsula and between Molfetta and Monopoli within 50 m in depth. The main concentration of hake juveniles was found to be between 100 and 200 m in depth along the Gargano peninsula and between Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca, where a nursery of deep-water rose shrimp was also detected. An overlapping depth, between 100 and 200 m, was identified for hake and deep-water rose shrimp nurseries. Protection of these areas through limitations of fishing pressure is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Mullus barbatus Merluccius merluccius Parapenaeus longirostris nursery areas fishery management Mediterranean Sea |
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