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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 2, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/srep00284
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- Walton Family Foundation
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Alto Golfo Sustentable
- Ochoa family
- SIO Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
- NOS Noroeste Sustentable
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We engaged in cooperative research with fishers and stakeholders to characterize the fine-scale, spatio-temporal characteristics of spawning behavior in an aggregating marine fish (Cynoscion othonopterus: Sciaenidae) and coincident activities of its commercial fishery in the Upper Gulf of California. Approximately 1.5-1.8 million fish are harvested annually from spawning aggregations of C. othonopterus during 21-25 days of fishing and within an area of 1,149 km(2) of a biosphere reserve. Spawning and fishing are synchronized on a semi-lunar cycle, with peaks in both occurring 5 to 2 days before the new and full moon, and fishing intensity and catch are highest at the spawning grounds within a no-take reserve. Results of this study demonstrate the benefits of combining GPS data loggers, fisheries data, biological surveys, and cooperative research with fishers to produce spatio-temporally explicit information relevant to the science and management of fish spawning aggregations and the spatial planning of marine reserves.
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