To continue
Reports:
Summary reports for all cruises
Monthly tag return
Results presented at SC4,
First AT/ST analysis presented at the 2nd Int. Symp. on electronic tagging (Oct 07) and published as a sc.
publication.
Subcomponent 1.3 Ecosystem Analysis
Activity
1.3.2.4 Support national scientist participation in a benthic
biodiversity survey
Output
1.3.2 Collection and analysis of information on seamounts in the WTP
warm pool
Activity 1.3.2.3 Collect data at sea at selected
seamounts, including tagging, trophic sampling and analysis
Tagging
project:
Phase 1 of the PTTP have been completed with 61,783
and 41,323 tuna tagged
in PNG and Solomon waters with
a respective percentage of recoveries of 13.43 and 11.28 %. Phase 2 of the PTTP started in June 08 and will
cover in 5 month of time the waters of
FSM, Palau, Philippines,
Indonesia and also some additional parts of PNG. To date the total number of fish tagged is 125,948 for 10.73% of recoveries.
To continue
Scientific
cruise project:
After cancellation of IUCN cruise, IRD budget restrictions have resulted in the
cancellation of the planned co-funded scientific cruise in 2008 in the Bismarck Sea
(PNG) to study the influence of seamounts on benthic and pelagic ecosystems. No cruise on benthic biodiversity can be undertaken;
this activity cannot be completed.
