A general theory on fish aggregation to floating objects: An alternative to the meeting point hypothesis

By J. Castro, J. Santiago, A. T. Santana-Ortega. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The Ecology of Rafting in the Marine Environment. II. The Rafting Organisms and Community (2005, methodology): “Large fish may utilise floating items as meeting points where swarm-fishes associate after feeding excursions at night (see extensive discussion in Castro et al. 2002).”
Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector (2015, background): “(1994), Minchin (1996), Dellinger et al. (1997), Winston et al.”
Is it good or bad to fish with FADs? What are the real impacts of the use of drifting FADs on pelagic marine ecosystems? (2013, background): “Many species of marine ﬁshes aggregate around ﬂoating structures such as drifting logs or palm fronds (Castro et al. 2002; Taquet et al. 2007).”
Extensive Aggregations of Wild Fish at Coastal Sea-Cage Fish Farms (2004, background): “Pelagic fish are known to be strongly attracted to floating structures in the pelagic environment (Freon & Dagorn, 2000; Castro et al., 2002).”
Vertical variability of wild fish assemblages around sea-cage fish farms: implications for management (2005, background): “For the small juveniles (e.g. Mugilidae <20 cm, Oblada melanura) found at the surface, this may be an inherent behaviour to associate very closely with floating structures, as observed for numerous small species of fish (Castro et al. 2002).”
Fish aggregation device (FAD) research: gaps in current knowledge and future directions for ecological studies (2004, background): “As the behaviour is so pervasive, it is likely to have a significant adaptive advantage, although the evolutionary mechanisms driving association may differ with species, life history stage and structure type (Fréon and Dagorn, 2000; Castro et al., 2002).”
Review of recent carrying capacity models for bivalve culture and recommendations for research and management (2006, background): “There is much scientific literature showing that the abundance of fish and macroinvertebrates is greater in areas on or immediately surrounding artificial reefs (structures placed on the bottom of the sea by humans) (Jensen, 2002) and fish aggregation devices (FADs — structures positioned in the wat”
The ecology of rafting in the marine environment. I: The floating substrata (2004, background): “Dead whales floating at the sea surface have also been reported by several authors (Dudley et al. 2000, Verriopoulou et al. 2001, Zarate-Villafranco & Ortega-García 2000, Castro et al. 2002).”
A designed artificial reef is among the most productive marine fish habitats: new metrics to address ‘production versus attraction’ (2016, background): “Fish aggregating devices (FADs), for example, offer a variety of benefits to fish (Castro et al. 2002) but are used predominantly by transient visitor species (Girard et al. 2004; Dempster 2005; Folpp and Lowry 2006).”
The ecology of rafting in the marine environment. III. Biogeographical and evolutionary consequences (2006, background): “At low latitudes, around the equator, wood becomes available on a less regular basis, with relatively high interannual variation in abundances (Solana-Sansores 2001, Castro et al. 2002).”
The influence of offshore windpower on demersal fish (2006, methodology): “tool to enhance fish catches by aggregating fish (White et al., 1990; Relini et al., 1994; Castro et al., 2002).”