Return of Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) to the British Columbia Coast in 1992

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 460-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. B. Hargreaves ◽  
D. M. Ware ◽  
G. A. McFarlane
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Commercial Fishery ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Sardine ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Sardinops Sagax

The Pacific sardine (pilchard) (Sardinops sagax) supported an important commercial fishery in British Columbia for more than 20 yr before it suddenly collapsed in the mid-1940s. We report here the first confirmed catches of Pacific sardine in British Columbia since the 1950s and discuss the most likely explanation and possible future significance to British Columbia fisheries of the return of this species.

Characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in the Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax sagax (Clupeidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 739-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. T. PEREYRA ◽  
E. SAILLANT ◽  
C. L. PRUETT ◽  
A. ROCHA-OLIVARES ◽  
J. R. GOLD
Keyword(s):  
Polymorphic Microsatellites ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Sardine ◽  
Sardinops Sagax

Distribution and abundance of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the Gulf of California and their relation with the environment

2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 565-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel O Nevárez-Martı́nez ◽  
Daniel Lluch-Belda ◽  
Miguel A Cisneros-Mata ◽  
J Pablo Santos-Molina ◽  
Ma De los Angeles Martı́nez-Zavala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of California ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Sardine ◽  
Sardinops Sagax

Thermal behavior of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) acclimated to different thermal cycles

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 372-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Martínez-Porchas ◽  
Mónica Hernández-Rodríguez ◽  
Luis F. Bückle-Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Behavior ◽  
Thermal Cycles ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Sardine ◽  
Sardinops Sagax

How do environmental factors affect the stock–recruitment relationship? The case of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) of the northeastern Pacific Ocean

2010 ◽  
Vol 102 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 173-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Galindo-Cortes ◽  
Juan Antonio De Anda-Montañez ◽  
Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez ◽  
Silvia Salas ◽  
Eduardo Francisco Balart
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Northeastern Pacific ◽  
Stock Recruitment ◽  
Pacific Sardine ◽  
Sardinops Sagax

scholarly journals Temperature dependence of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) recruitment in the California Current Ecosystem revisited and revised

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lindegren ◽  
David M. Checkley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Variability ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Small Pelagic Fish ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Harvest Control Rule ◽  
Pacific Sardine ◽  
Variable Population ◽  
Sardinops Sagax

Small pelagic fish typically show highly variable population dynamics due, in large part, to climate variability. Despite this sensitivity to climate, few stocks of pelagic species are managed with consideration of the environment. The Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) represents a notable exception, for which sea surface temperature (SST) from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) pier has been used, until recently, to adjust exploitation pressure under warm (favorable) and cold (unfavorable) climate conditions. Recently, the previously established temperature–recruitment relationship was reassessed using different methods, resulting in abandonment of the temperature-sensitive harvest control rule in 2012. In this study, we revisit the previous temperature–recruitment relationship using the original methodology and an updated data set from 1981 to 2010. In contrast to the recent reassessment, we find temperature explains significant variability in recruitment and recruitment success. We also show that mean annual SST averaged over the present California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations area is a better predictor of recruitment variability than SST at the SIO pier. We propose that sustainable management of the Pacific sardine should consider climate variability and that the basis for this be periodically updated and revised to inform management with the best available science.

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