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Acoustic estimates of small pelagic fish stocks in the eastern part of the Adriatic Sea.

Following positive experience gained during 1st joint Croatian-Italian-Slovenian acoustic survey, organised within the framework of the FAO-AdriaMed Project in the northern part of Adriatic Sea, Croatian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and its Directorate of Fisheries has organised in cooperation with Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split, an acoustic survey on small pelagic fish combined with environmental monitoring along the eastern part of Adriatic Sea, called PELMON programme. Results of environmental monitoring were in accordance with usual situation present on the eastern part of Adriatic Sea in autumn. However, despite the fact that in this survey, carried out in September 2003, approximately just half of GSA 17 was covered by acoustic sampling, it was noticed that even these partial fisheries independent estimates of sardine biomass were significantly higher than the figures from the most recent VPA stock assessment in the entire Adriatic Sea area for the 2002 year.

acoustic survey ; Adriatic Sea ; environmental monitoring ; small pelagic fish

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