Report on analyses of the 2016/2018 PNA FAD tracking programme
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Escalle L, Muller B, Brouwer S, Pilling G (2018) Report on analyses of the 2016/2018 PNA FAD tracking programme. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 14th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC14-2018/ MI-WP-09, Busan, Republic of Korea
Abstract
This paper presents analyses of the PNA’s fish aggregating device (FAD) tracking programme including: a description of the data processing required; estimated data submission rates to the PNA; a description of the spatio-temporal distribution of buoy deployments; FAD densities; FAD connectivity; and an analysis of the fate of FADs including a focus on FAD beaching. As FADs drift in the ocean, the associated electronics can be changed making it difficult to follow individual FADs, therefore for the purposes of this analysis we followed the satellite buoys, unless otherwise stated.