Migration Pattern of Pond Smelt <I>Hypomesus nipponensis</I> in Lake Shinji, Japan, as Determined by Field Survey and Analysis of Otolith Sr:Ca Ratio

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  • Fujikawa Yuji
    Inland Water Fisheries and Coastal Fisheries Division, Shimane Prefectural Fishers Technology Center
  • Katayama Satoshi
    Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
  • Yasugi Shigeru
    Fisheries Productivity Division,Shimane Prefectural Fishers Technology Center

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  • 耳石 Sr:Ca と採集調査から推定された宍道湖産ワカサギの回遊パターン
  • ジセキ Sr:Ca ト サイシュウ チョウサ カラ スイテイ サレタ シンジコサン ワカサギ ノ カイユウ パターン

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Abstract

Landings of pond smelt in Lake Shinji showed a drastic decline in 1994 and are still at reduced levels. To provide advice on an appropriate strategy to manage this fishery, it is necessary to understand details concerning both the fish's migration patterns and its habitats throughout its life history. This study investigated migration patterns by field surveys using both set and trawl nets, and by analysing the Sr:Ca ratio of the otoliths of the fish caught. The results suggest that many individuals hatch in the inflowing rivers and during May-July migrate seaward into Lake Nakaumi or the adjacent sea. Thereafter, in January and February, they return upstream to Lake Shinji for spawning. Before seaward migration, the main habitat was in the inflowing rivers. This is in stark contrast to previous data (while pond smelt were abundant), when many of these fish were resident throughout life in Lake Shinji: a life style considered to be rare in recent years since the stock declined.

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  • Aquaculture Science

    Aquaculture Science 62 (1), 1-11, 2014

    Japanese Society for Aquaculture Science

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