The use of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) has become the dominant practice in
tropical tuna purse seine fishing. However, just as FADs can increase fishing efficiency, their …

The use of fish aggregating devices (FAD s) by purse seine fisheries has come under
increasing criticism for its potential deleterious impacts on tuna stocks, for high levels of by …

An immense variety of fish may, on occasions, aggregate around or beassociated with
floating structures such as drifting algae, jelliedzooplankton, whales, floats or anchored fish …

This report provides a review of our knowledge of the bycatches, defined as discarded dead,
from the tropical tuna purse seine fisheries of the world. The major fishing grounds involved …

Associative behaviour is defined as the spatial relationship between an animal (or a group)
of a given species and another animal of another species, which is based on a decision by …

Purse seine fishing on fish aggregating devices (FADs) has expanded considerably during
the last 15 yr in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries, and FADs currently account for about …

This review documents the current state of knowledge and gaps therein, as determined
through a survey of published research on relevant topics, regarding the potential impacts of …

Seasonal movements of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) control precipitation
patterns and cloud cover throughout the tropics. In this study we have reconstructed …

Technological advancements can influence both the fishing power of a fleet and the fishing
strategies it employs. To investigate these potential linkages, we examined almost three …

Among the different assumptions proposed to explain why tropical tuna aggregate around
floating objects (“logs”), one of the most recent is that floating objects may represent meeting …