Volume 69
Movements of White Marlin, Kajikia albida, Tagged off the Yucatan Peninsula
Authors
Vaudo, J. M. Byrne, B. Wetherbee, G. Harvey, and M. Shivji Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2016
Pages: 344 - 345
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty eigth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Grand Cayman
Country: Cayman Islands
Abstract
The White Marlin, Kajikia albida, is a highly-mobile predatory fish inhabiting the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Despite being of limited commercial importance, White Marlin are caught in multiple fisheries (primarily as bycatch) and the population has decreased dramatically since 1990; as a result of the loss in biomass, the stock is currently considered overfished (ICCAT 2012). Conservation and management plans will benefit from knowledge of White Marlin movements and habitat use, however, limited information on these topics exists and is primarily from individuals tagged on the northern limits of the White Marlin range (e.g., Hoolihan et al. 2015). The goal of this study was to examine the movements and vertical habitat use of White Marlin within the Gulf of Mexico.