Journal
FISHERIES RESEARCH
Volume 164, Issue -, Pages 26-34Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.10.011
Keywords
Length distribution; Length-weight relationship; Coastal fishery; Baltic sea
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Southwest Finland ELY Centre
- Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
- European Fisheries Fund
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We investigated cormorant diet in the Archipelago Sea, Southwest coast of Finland. Samples of cormorant pellets, regurgitates and stomachs were collected in 2010-2011. During these years, pikeperch and perch were found to make up 0.04-10% and 21-43% of the diet respectively, by mass. The length distribution of perch eaten by cormorants was more similar to the length distribution in purse seine samples rather than to that in commercial catches. The size structure of pikeperch in the cormorants' diet was intermediate between those in purse seine samples and commercial catches. Combined commercial and recreational catches have varied between 500-2000 t for perch and 225-525 t for pikeperch in the 2000s. Potential yield losses to fisheries caused by cormorant feeding in 2010 were 340-420 t for perch and 110-140 t for pikeperch, thus cormorant predation may affect catches and the profitability of fishing. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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