LI MING SONG, YU ZHANG, LIU XIONG XU*, WEN XIN JIANG and JIA QIAO WANG

College of Marine Science & Technology, Shanghai Fisheries University, Shanghai

200090, China. Correspondence to * e-mail: lxxu@shfu.edu.cn
KEYWORDS
environmental preference • Indian Ocean • longline • Thunnus albacares •
tropical high seas
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 A survey of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus
albacares, fishing ground was carried
out on board of the Chinese longliners
from September 15 to December 12,
2005 in the tropical high seas of the
Indian Ocean
The depth at which each yellowfin
tuna was hooked was estimated using
 a stepwise regression analysis of
theoretical hook depth and observed
average hook depth measured using
a temperature depth recorder
 Water temperature, salinity,
chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen
and thermocline, which are
important variables influencing
yellowfin tuna habitats, were
measured in the survey
 Catch rates of yellowfin tuna
were then analyzed with respect
to depth, temperature, salinity,
chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen
and thermocline
 We suggest that the optimum ranges of
swimming depth, water temperature,
chlorophyll a and dissolved oxygen
concentration for yellowfin tuna are 100.0–
179.9 m, 15.0–17.9°C, 0.090–0.099 μg L−1,
2.50–2.99 mg L−1,
 Respectively; that salinity has less influence
on the vertical distribution of adult
yellowfin tuna; and that yellowfin tuna are
mainly distributed within the thermocline in
the high seas of the Indian Ocean.
Our results match the yellowfin
tuna's vulnerability to deep
longline fishing gear well