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- Title
The distribution and early growth of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis around Sado Island in the eastern Sea of Japan.
- Authors
Tanaka, Hiroshige; Kodama, Taketoshi; Suzuki, Nobuaki; Mochizuki, Yosuke; Ashida, Hiroshi; Sato, Takuya; Takeshima, Hirohiko; Nohara, Kenji
- Abstract
The distribution and early growth of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF) Thunnus orientalis were studied based on trawl surveys conducted around Sado Island, eastern Sea of Japan, from late August to early September in 2017 and 2018. Juvenile PBF were mainly collected in an area between the Tsushima Warm Current and land where the surface water (5-m depth) temperature ranged from 22.8 to 27.2 °C. The fork length (FL) of the fish ranged from 12 to 320 mm, and there were modes at 140–170 mm FL in the frequency distribution for both years. In 2018, there was also a mode at around 50 mm FL. Otolith microstructure analysis revealed that hatch date mainly peaked in early and mid July in both years, and in early and mid August in 2018, and corresponded with the modes of FL. In addition, differences in growth were observed between year classes, and between size classes in 2018. Total gill raker number increased with FL and was almost constant at around 100 mm FL. This study provides an update of the distribution of juvenile PBF in the Sea of Japan, which was found to be related to the Tsushima Warm Current, and indicates the importance of the eastern Sea of Japan as a nursery ground for PBF that hatch from July to August.
- Subjects
BLUEFIN tuna; TUNA; TSUSHIMA Current; DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory); SEAS
- Publication
Fisheries Science, 2020, Vol 86, Issue 6, p1019
- ISSN
0919-9268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12562-020-01470-w