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Monthly variability of hydroacoustic fish stock estimates in a deep lake and its correlation to gillnet catches
Author(s) -
Mehner T.,
Schulz M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02459.x
Subject(s) - fishery , biology , abundance (ecology) , population , biomass (ecology) , fish stock , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , demography , sociology
Monthly (April to November) hydroacoustic surveys and parallel gillnet catches were used to determine vendace Coregonus albula abundance, biomass and population dynamics in a deep oligotrophic lake. By hydroacoustic surveys, recruitment of 0+ year vendace could clearly be detected. In contrast, gillnet catches resulted in low numbers of 0+ year fish, and similarly under‐represented proportions of the oldest vendace. Consequently, the correlation between hydroacoustics and gillnets with respect to fish numbers and geometric mean fish total length was high only for the age groups 1 + to 4+ years. Annual variability in hydroacoustic estimates offish abundance and biomass was high (CV=26–29%) which reflects the seasonal population dynamics of vendace.