A method of studying fish behavior using underwater acoustic biotelemetry-Tracking of the red tilefish released in the Wakasa Bay and the Maizuru Bay-

Accession number;05A1054896
Title;A method of studying fish behavior using underwater acoustic biotelemetry-Tracking of the red tilefish released in the Wakasa Bay and the Maizuru Bay-
Author; YOKOTA TAKASHI (Kyoto Univ., Graduate School of Informatics, JPN) MITAMURA HIROMICHI (Kyoto Univ., Graduate School of Informatics, JPN) ARAI NOBUAKI (Kyoto Univ., Graduate School of Informatics, JPN) MITSUNAGA YASUSHI (Kinki Univ., Faculty of Agriculture, JPN) TAKEUCHI HIROYUKI (Fisheries Res. Agency, JPN) TSUZAKI TATSUO (Fisheries Res. Agency, JPN) ITANI MASASHI (Kyoto Inst. Oceanic and Fishery Sci., JPN)
Journal Title;Journal of Advanced Marine Science and Technology Society
Journal Code:L4244A
ISSN:1341-2752
VOL.10;NO.1;PAGE.29-40(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.6, TBL.2, REF.8
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Habitat information on aquatic animals can be acquired easily using under-water acoustic biotelemetry. The biotelemetry has been developed recently along with developments of micro-electronics. In this paper, an attempt to track red tilefish using ultrasonic coded transmitter and receiver system both in the Wakasa Bay and the Maizuru Bay was introduced. The Wakasa Bay is open to the Japan Sea and the Maizuru Bay is the typical semi-closed waters. Tracking in the Maizuru Bay was easier than in the Wakasa Bay, and some fish were passively tracked more than 100 days. The result indicated that the biotelemetry study in semi-closed water has a big advantage in order to study fish ecology. Some fish stayed relatively longer periods in the Maizuru Bay showed circadian rhythm. Successive tracking records can reveal the ecology of fish as well as their position. Behavior of hatchery-reared fish was different from that of wild fish. The under-water acoustic biotelemetry may be a tool to evaluate the fish quality for release. (author abst.)