Measurement of larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis) net avoidance using evasion radius estimation to improve estimates of abundance and mortality

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Net avoidance rate increases as a function of larval striped bass size. This causes underestimation of abundance and overestimation of mortality rate. We modeled net avoidance by assuming that fish avoid the net by swimming a radial distance at a right angle to the net axis. This distance, the evasion radius, was estimated by comparing the calculated densities of striped bass larvae from a series of paired tows involving a large and a small net. Iteration and solution models were used to estimate the evasion radius for each millimeter size group of fish in order to estimate the actual density in the environment. Avoidance of the nets increased with fish length. The ratio of actual density in the environment to the measured density in the small net was used to adjust abundances measured in our ichthyoplankton surveys. After adjusting for net avoidance, mortality rates of striped bass larvae from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary were reduced by 10% compared to the unadjusted rates.

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Gartz, R. G., Miller, L. W., Fujimura, R. W., & Smith, P. E. (1999). Measurement of larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis) net avoidance using evasion radius estimation to improve estimates of abundance and mortality. Journal of Plankton Research, 21(3), 561–580. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/21.3.561

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