Volume 76
Post-release survival and home range of mesopredators in a National Marine Sanctuary using acoustic telemetry.
Authors
Nuttall, M.F., D. L. Lippi, and J. R. Rooker Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2023
Event: Proceedings of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Nassau
Country: The Bahamas
Abstract
The effectiveness of marine protected areas is frequently compromised by a lack of critical information concerning habitat use of key species. An important tool in evaluating fish movement ecology is acoustic telemetry, where ensuring the optimal survival of tagged fish is critical to collecting robust data. In this study, acoustic telemetry was used to evaluate post-release survival of two native mesopredators, Cephalopholis cruentata (graysby) and Lutjanus griseus (gray snapper), tagged internally at-surface and at-depth, as well as asses habitat use and overlap within a National Marine Sanctuary.