Simulating the impacts of fishing on central and eastern tropical Pacific ecosystem using multispecies size-spectrum model

Qinqin Lin; Yuying Zhang; Jiangfeng Zhu

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Qinqin Lin, Yuying Zhang, Jiangfeng Zhu. Simulating the impacts of fishing on central and eastern tropical Pacific ecosystem using multispecies size-spectrum model[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(3): 34-43. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1902-3

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Qinqin Lin, Yuying Zhang, Jiangfeng Zhu. Simulating the impacts of fishing on central and eastern tropical Pacific ecosystem using multispecies size-spectrum model[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(3): 34-43. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1902-3

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Simulating the impacts of fishing on central and eastern tropical Pacific ecosystem using multispecies size-spectrum model

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1902-3

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College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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Key Laboratory of Sustainable Exploitation of Oceanic Fisheries Resources of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University (Biscayne Bay Campus), North Miami Beach, FL 33181, USA

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 41676120.

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Corresponding author: Email: jfzhu@shou.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-02-26
Accepted Date: 2021-04-23

Available Online: 2021-11-23

Publish Date: 2022-03-01

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The size-spectrum model has been considered a useful tool for understanding the structures of marine ecosystems and examining management implications for fisheries. Based on Chinese tuna longline observer data from the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and published data, we developed and calibrated a multispecies size-spectrum model of twenty common and commercially important species in this area. We then use the model to project the status of the species from 2016 to 2050 under five constant-fishing-mortality management scenarios: (1) F=0; (2) F=F_recent, the average fishing mortality from 2013 to 2015; (3) F=0.5F_recent; (4) F=2F_recent and (5) F=3F_recent. Several ecological indicators were used to track the dynamics of the community structure under different levels of fishing, including the mean body weight, slope of community size spectra (Slope), and total biomass. The validation demonstrated that size-at-age data of nine main catch species between our model predictions and those empirical data from assessments by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission matched well, with the R²>0.9. The direct effect of fishing was the decreasing abundance of large-sized individuals. The mean body weight in the community decreased by ~1 500 g (21%) by 2050 when F doubled from F_recent to 2F_recent. The higher the fishing mortality, the steeper the Slope was. The projection also indicated that fishing impacts reflected by the total biomass did not increase proportionally with the increasing fishing mortality. The biomass of the main target tuna species was still abundant over the projection period under the recent fishing mortality, except Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga). For sharks and billfishes, their biomass remained at relatively higher levels only under the F=0 scenario. The results can serve as a scientific reference for alternative management strategies in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
- tropical Pacific,
- size-spectrum model,
- ecosystem,
- fishing effect

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