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Modeling the growth, transport, and feeding migration of age-0 Pacific saury Cololabis saira

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In this study, we developed an individual-based model for age-0 Pacific saury Cololabis saira focusing on the winter-spawned cohort to advance our understanding of the dynamic link between transport/migration and growth during the first year after hatching. The model individuals (superindividuals) were initially located in the spawning ground, and growth and transport/migration were calculated through bioenergetics and movement submodels using sea surface temperature, chlorophyll a, and velocity derived from satellite data. Comparative experiments for several migration algorithms and cues showed that the extended kinesis algorithm stimulated with growth rate condition yielded the most plausible results. Without considering mortality, the summer distribution predicted by the model was substantially different from observations. When distribution-based mortality was used, the model growth histories became qualitatively consistent with the otolith-derived growth histories. Furthermore, the formation mechanisms of the second peak in daily growth rates occurring from spring to summer of age-0 fish were investigated by selecting superindividuals with a growth history well-fitted to that derived from otoliths. For these superindividuals, the growth rate increased in accordance with the successful northward migration from spring to early summer, and decreased as they fell behind the rapid northward shift of the high productivity zone in mid-summer.

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This study was supported by the Fisheries Agency of Japan. The authors are grateful to Takeshi Terui of National Institute of Polar Research Organization of Information and Systems for his support in developing the model. The authors also thank Profs. Michio J. Kishi of Hokkaido University and Yoshiro Watanabe of the University of Tokyo for their helpful comments on an early version of this paper.

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    Hitomi Oyaizu, Shin-ichi Ito & Sachihiko Itoh

  2. Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Japan

    Satoshi Suyama & Daisuke Ambe

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Oyaizu, H., Suyama, S., Ambe, D. et al. Modeling the growth, transport, and feeding migration of age-0 Pacific saury Cololabis saira. Fish Sci 88, 131–147 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-021-01578-7

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