Browsing by Author "Bernardele, Juan C."

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    Biology and fishery of long tail hake (Macruronus magellanicus) in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
    (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, 2016) Giussi, Analía R.; Zavatteri, Anabela; Di Marco, Emiliano; Gorini, Federico L.; Bernardele, Juan C.; Marí, Noemí R.
    Long tail hake is one of the most important finfish resources in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SAO). This demersal-pelagic fish is widely distributed from 35° S to 56° S between 50 and 800 m depth. In the Patagonian region the species is found on the shelf, associated with three different water masses: Coastal, Shelf and Malvinas Waters, while north of 45° S it is related to the shelf break, following the Malvinas waters. A separate small stock, evident because of its different growth patterns, occurs inside San Matías Gulf. There is no strong difference in growth patterns between sexes, however females are larger than males, principally after the first maturity that occurs at 3 years old. Maximum age observed was 16 years old, but fish older than 12 years are scarce in the population. The dietary composition changes during the life cycle, juveniles are mainly microphagous and adults incorporate larger preys of several invertebrates and vertebrates taxa. Principal food items are zooplankton species; the most abundant are hyperiid amphipods and euphausiids. Fish and cephalopods are secondary prey. Few fish species predate on long tail hake: Southern hake (Merluccius australis), spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), and Argentine hake (M. hubbsi). Cannibalism is not reported in long tail hake. Spawning areas have not been detected yet but some signals in somatic conditions allow inferring that this process may occur during spring. A systematic series of summer demersal standard swept area trawl surveys has been conducted since 1992 to assess the population, suggesting that maximum long tail hake biomass was more than 2 million tonnes in the mid 1990’s. Those results were employed as an index of abundance in the annual stock assessment to establish the Total Allowable Catch, but neither environmental variables nor economic effects have been considered yet. Fishing activities began during the mid 1970’s when yields were not significant, but beginning in the 1980’s several fleets targeted long tail hake, increasing catches up to 168,000 t. Products are exported to Europe, Asia and South America.
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    Grenadiers (Pisces, Macrouridae) of the southwest Atlantic ocean: biologic and fishery aspects
    (Mar del Plata : Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), 2010) Giussi, Analía R.; Sánchez, F.; Wöhler, Otto C.; Bernardele, Juan C.
    Several grenadier species distribute in the SW Atlantic Ocean. Macrourus carinatus and Caelorinchus fasciatus are more frequently identified in commercial catches and during research cruises. Those benthopelagic fishes, related to subantarctic waters, inhabit at depths beyond 200 m and in high seas, between 36º S-59º S. During the surveys carried out on board of Argentinean research vessels, M. carinatus was present in 4% of the trawls performed. The highest densities (>17 t nm-2), obtained between 360-380 m depth, at 39º S, decreased significantly southwards. C. fasciatus was caught in 6% of the total trawls and the highest densities (15-35 t nm-2) were found at depths beyond 200 m, south of 52º S. Due to the difficulty encountered to identify them, in fishing statistics they are grouped as ‘Grenadiers’. Nevertheless, in many cases, the correct identification by scientific observers on board of commercial vessels provides useful information to support the data gathered. Grenadiers are caught as by-catch in important fisheries that have the main fishing grounds south of 52º S. Historically, different countries participated in the fishery that shows two evolution periods. In the first, exploitation carried out mainly by vessels from the former USSR reached a maximum of 31,000 t in 1984. In the second, the Argentine fleet caught up to 10,000 t in 2000. At present, freezer and factory trawlers obtain 88% of the catches and longliners 10% of the total.