Transboundary movement of sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, off the Pacific coast of Central America
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Summary
The sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw in Shaw and Nodder, 1792), is one of the most frequently caught istiophorids along the Pacific coast of Central America. Although conventional constituent-based tagging of sailfish in this region has been ongoing for several decades, little insight has emerged regarding their movements among multinational territorial waters. We used pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) to evaluate questions of management unit for sailfish in this region. A total of 41 PSATs were deployed on sailfish caught with recreational gear off Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama. The 32 deployments that transmitted data yielded displacements (point of release to point of first pop-up transmission) that ranged from 21 to 572 nmi (39–1059 km). Monitoring durations ranged from 5 to 118 d, for a total aggregate of 1571 d. More than half of the deployments (22 of 32, or 68%) resulted in displacement vectors outside the EEZ or territorial waters of the country of tagging (lower bounds estimate). In addition, upper bounds estimates of tracks using two algorithms ranged from 57 to 65 transboundary crossings; average days to make a transboundary crossing ranged from 12 to 20 d, respectively. Given the relatively short residence time in the national waters of tagging, these movements strongly suggest that this resource requires management at the regional rather than national level.
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Publication Date
2006-11-01
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Title: | Transboundary movement of sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, off the Pacific coast of Central America |
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Short Name: | PRINCE ET AL.: TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF SAILFISH OFF CENTRAL AMERICA |
Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2006-11-01 |
Abstract: |
The sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw in Shaw and Nodder, 1792), is one of the most frequently caught istiophorids along the Pacific coast of Central America. Although conventional constituent-based tagging of sailfish in this region has been ongoing for several decades, little insight has emerged regarding their movements among multinational territorial waters. We used pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) to evaluate questions of management unit for sailfish in this region. A total of 41 PSATs were deployed on sailfish caught with recreational gear off Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama. The 32 deployments that transmitted data yielded displacements (point of release to point of first pop-up transmission) that ranged from 21 to 572 nmi (39–1059 km). Monitoring durations ranged from 5 to 118 d, for a total aggregate of 1571 d. More than half of the deployments (22 of 32, or 68%) resulted in displacement vectors outside the EEZ or territorial waters of the country of tagging (lower bounds estimate). In addition, upper bounds estimates of tracks using two algorithms ranged from 57 to 65 transboundary crossings; average days to make a transboundary crossing ranged from 12 to 20 d, respectively. Given the relatively short residence time in the national waters of tagging, these movements strongly suggest that this resource requires management at the regional rather than national level. |
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@article {Prince:2006-11-01T00:00:00:0007-4977:827, author = "Prince, Eric D. and Holts, David B. and Snodgrass, Derke and Orbesen, Eric S. and Luo, Jiangang and Domeier, Michael L. and Serafy, Joseph E.", title = "Transboundary movement of sailfish, <i>Istiophorus platypterus</i>, off the Pacific coast of Central America", journal = "Bulletin of Marine Science", volume = "79", number = "3", year = "2006-11-01T00:00:00", pages = "827-838", |
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Document Type: | Journal article |
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Format: | Acrobat Portable Document Format |
Status Code: | Published |
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Date Effective From: | 2006-11 |
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Contact (Person): | Prince, Eric |
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Author
Date Effective From: | 2006-11 |
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Contact (Person): | Snodgrass, Derke |
Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
Email Address: | derke.snodgrass@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 305-361-4236 |
Fax: | 305-361-4219 |
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Date Effective From: | 2006-11 |
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Contact (Person): | Holtz, David |
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8901 La Jolla Shores Dr La Jolla, CA 92037 |
Email Address: | david.holts@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (858)546-7186 |
Fax: | (858)546-7003 |
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Date Effective From: | 2006-11 |
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Contact (Person): | Orbesen, Eric |
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75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami 33149 |
Email Address: | Eric.Orbesen@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 305-361-4253 |
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Date Effective From: | 2006-11 |
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Contact (Person): | Serafy, Joseph E |
Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Dr Miami, FL 33149 |
Email Address: | joe.serafy@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 305-361-4255 |
Fax: | 305-361-4562 |
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URL: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2006/00000079/00000003/art00031 |
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Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 26518 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26518 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Lee M Weinberger |
Metadata Record Created: | 2015-08-18 14:21+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2021-05-05 |
Owner Org: | SEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-05-05 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-05-05 |