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TelMarsw: Acoustic telemetry array at Parque Natural Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina (PNSACV) from 2018 - 2023.
Citation
Horta e Costa & Bentes. Marsw Telemetry. CCMAR 2021. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/6717


Description

The white seabream (Diplodus sargus) and seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), are highly commercial species, whose catches have been declining since the late 1980s. The ecology and migration patterns of these species off the Portuguese coast are still poorly studied. These species are described as performing spawning aggregations in the Parque Natural Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina (PNSACV), the largest coastal MPA in Portugal, particularly D. sargus, with associated fishing hotspots already recognized (but no direct scientific evidences exist). Annual movement patterns of white seabream, D. sargus, and seabass, D. labrax, will be analysed inside and outside a small no-take area, within this multi-use MPA in the SW of Portugal. Connectivity between no-take areas within the PNSACV and between MPAs (PNSACV and Arrabida Marine park, where colleagues have receivers) will be also studied. Another species, Epinephelus marginatus (endangered species), currently in low densities within the PNSACV will be released (created in aquaculture) to study the potential to restore this species in a no-take within this MPA.


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Fish, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Acoustic telemetry · Acoustic Telemetry · Conservation · Ecology · MPA · Portugal · Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone · Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) · Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)

Geographical coverage
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
December 2018 - July 2022

Taxonomic coverage
Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) [WoRMS]

Contributors
University of Algarve; Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences; Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), moredata creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more

Project
STRAITS: Strategic Infrastructure for improved animal Tracking in European Seas, more
Funding Horizon Europe
Grant agreement ID 101094649

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2021-06-14
Information last updated: 2026-01-07
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