Seabird diet predicts following-season commercial catch of Gulf of California Pacific Sardine and Northern Anchovy

• Published in: Journal of marine systems Vol. 146; pp. 82 - 88
• Main Authors: Velarde, Enriqueta, Ezcurra, Exequiel, Anderson, Daniel W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Abundance; Anchovies; CPUE predictors; Diets; Engraulis mordax; Fish; Fisheries; Fishery predictors; Fluctuation; Gulf of California; Gulfs; Marine; Pacific Sardine and Northern Anchovy fishery; Sardines; Sardinops sagax; Seabirds' diets; Small pelagic fish; ISE, Mexico, California Gulf; Gulf of California; Fishery predictors; Seabirds' diets; Small pelagic fish; CPUE predictors; Pacific Sardine and Northern Anchovy fishery

The highly productive Gulf of California exhibits high biodiversity and an abundance of small pelagic, schooling fishes, important both to the ecosystem and to fisheries. These fishes show wide fluctuations in abundance due to oceanographic–atmospheric phenomena such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation,...