Abate Molina Scientific ship sailed to investigate horse mackerel between Arica and Valparaíso
March 23rd, 2023
On Saturday, March 18th, from Valparaíso’s Port Abate Molina scientific vessel set sail to characterize and evaluate horse mackerel, between the Regions of Arica and Parinacota and Valparaíso Region, using hydroacoustic methods, in a space-time context with respect to historical series cruise ships
The head of the cruise is fishing engineer José Córdova and the ship´s captain is José Echeverría. The ship’s return is planned for April 28th, the work team is made up of 27 people.
The specific research’s objectives are:
- To characterize horse mackerel population´s structure and its spatial distribution, considering attributes such as: abundance, biomass, sex, size and age, stages (juveniles and adults), among others.
- To characterize jack mackerel aggregations in the area, research period and environment, also specifying accompanying fauna and its relative importance in the identification sets.
- Characterization of horse mackerel food supply based on auxiliary information, such as environmental variables, echograms and plankton sampling in the study area.
- To prepare and implement a continuous hydroacoustic evaluations of pelagic resources improvement research plan: anchovy, common sardine, southern sardine and horse mackerel, as appropriate; that strengthen target species estimates, according to identified priorities in plan’s preparation and the available budget.
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