Alistair Hobday, Jason Hartog, and Paige Eveson

Session 11, Talk 1, 20/1/16 @ 1430 hrs

Information on the environmental associations of southern bluefin tuna from fishery and electronic tag data have supported development of habitat models for several life stages. These habitat models have been used to project distribution at a range of time scales, from realtime to seasonal to century-scale. These models have been used to deliver information for use by managers and fishers in eastern and southern Australia. The developmental process will be described, along with the validation and delivery approach. Decision time scales are critical in developing fishery applications. These lessons are relevant to the future understanding of distribution and abundance of the bluefin tunas, and illustrate an important engagement pathway that returns benefits to the fishery managers and participants. This pathway is important to develop as the challenges under climate change will lead to some dramatic changes in the distribution of tunas and the fisheries that exploit them.

Contact:  A. Hobday, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Australia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.