İzmir Körfezi’nden (Kuzey Ege Denizi) Akdeniz Kılıcı’nın, Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 (Istiophoridae) İlave Kaydı

Abstract

Tetrapturus belone is endemic to the Mediterranean and it is more common in central parts. It is considered very rare in the Levant. On 20 October 2020, a specimen of Tetrapturus belone with 176 cm Lower Jaw Fork Length (LJFL) and weighing 26 kg was captured by a trammel net from the coast of Karantina Island, Urla at a depth of 11 m. This is the second record of the epipelagic T. belone entering the shallow waters of İzmir Bay, nine years after its first record in the same area. This ichthyologic note presents a new occurrence of the Mediterranean spearfish as an incidental catch from the small scale fishery in a certain coastal area of Urla,

Satellite tagging insights into the seasonal movements and behavior of Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone, Istiophoridae)

“…In general, tagged spearfish dispersed from the release locations, moving to other areas of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Strait of Sicily, Ionian Sea and, in one case, towards Cypriot and Greek waters, where this species is considered less common (Akyol, 2020;Gerovasileiou et al, 2020). None of the tagged fish visited the western MED beyond Sardinia or to the Adriatic Sea, although, no data are available in spring, due to the premature detachment of the tags.…”