9 Apr 2021 SAFS Quantitative Seminar

Why Southeast coast of India?

2014-2019 NOAA Fisheries/India Ministry of Earth Sciences joint research on improving forecasts of the indian oil sardine

  • Very important fishery for India.
  • India fishery produces 66–96% (average 80%) of the global oil sardine catch.
  • Southeastern Arabian Sea produces the vast majority of this.
  • Upwelling drives productivity in this system.
  • I know a lot about this upwelling system.

Improving forecasts using environmental covariates: a case study on the Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps), May 24th, UW Fish and Wildlife Ecology Seminars.

Study Area Southeast Arabian Sea (SEAS) off the coast of Kerala. ca 350 miles of coastline. Dispersed non-motorized and motorized fishery.

Productivity in the SEAS is driven by seasonal upwelling