Seasonal Trophodynamics of the Upper Epipelagic Nekton Community in the Western Bering Sea

Naydenko, S. V.; Сомов, А. А.

doi:10.1134/s0032945219050096

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“…Is it possible that both points of view described above are correct, but for different regions of the northern North Pacific Ocean? For example, higher production of zooplankton in western regions than in central and eastern regions may reduce competition for prey (Batten et al 2018;Naydenko and Somov 2019). Perhaps pink salmon effects on the marine ecosystem vary between the east and west sides of the Kamchatka Peninsula?…”

Section: Competition and Interactions Between Pink Salmon And Other A...mentioning

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2023

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The Northern Hemisphere Pink Salmon Expert Group Meeting was held on October 2-3, 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, immediately preceding the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) Synthesis Symposium. The rapid expansion of pink salmon was the theme for the meeting, and experts came together to discuss the current state of knowledge for pink salmon. Specific topics of focus included the range expansion into the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, trends in distribution and abundance, research and monitoring approaches, potential inter-specific interactions, mitigation efforts, and plans for future collaborations. The outcomes of the meeting were presented at the IYS Synthesis Symposium and are further disseminated through this NPAFC Technical Report. The Executive Summary section of this report provides a brief background, a condensed overview of each topic, and concludes with overarching takeaway messages that are intended to guide future collaborations.

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Adapting management of Pacific salmon to a warming and more crowded ocean

Connors,

Ruggerone,

Irvine

2024

ICES Journal of Marine Science

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The North Pacific Ocean is warming and overall Pacific salmon abundance is higher now than at any other time in the past century. This increase in abundance is in large part due to warming-related changes in marine ecosystems at northern latitudes that primarily benefit pink salmon, and industrial-scale hatchery production to support commercial fisheries. A large body of evidence indicates that increasing and more variable ocean temperatures, as well as competition among salmon at sea, are associated with shifts in salmon productivity, body size, and age at maturation. However, these relationships vary by species, location, and time, resulting in increased harvest opportunities in some regions and exacerbated conservation concerns in others. The weight-of-evidence suggests North Pacific salmon nations should, as a minimum, limit further increases in hatchery salmon production until there is a better scientific understanding of hatchery and wild salmon distribution at sea, how they interact, and how the consequences of these interactions are influenced by broader climate and ecosystem conditions. Coordinated research to overcome knowledge gaps and develop strategies to reduce unintended interactions between hatchery and wild salmon could be funded (in part) by a tax placed on industrial-scale hatchery salmon releases. A tax would formalize recognition that there are finite prey resources to support salmon in the ocean and that both prey and wild salmon represent a “common property” whose use should not be without cost to those that seek to benefit from them. We highlight additional approaches salmon nations can take to adapt to changing conditions and suggest that improved communication and collaboration among North Pacific salmon research and management agencies will be key to balancing the benefits and risks of a warming and more crowded ocean.

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Long-term dynamics of forage base and food supply for nekton in the upper epipelagic layer of the western Bering Sea. Part 1. Composition and abundance of zooplankton and small-sized nekton

Naydenko

Сомов

Kuznetsova

et al. 2022

Izv. Tihookean. naučno-issled. rybohoz. centra

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An updated concept for the state, dynamics, and production of plankton communities in the upper epipelagic layer of the western Bering Sea is presented based on the timeseries for 1986–2020. The zooplankton biomass in summer exceeded the biomass in fall season in 1.3–2.1 times for the layer of 0–50 m and in 1.1–1.8 times for the layer of 0–200 m, mostly because of decreasing abundance of copepods and chaetognaths that was not compensated by slight increase of the euphausiids and amphipods biomass. Interannual variations were higher and reached 2–3 times and 4–5 times, respectively. Abnormal blooming of certain ecological groups of zooplankton (either warm-water or cold-water) occurred in the anomalous years. Species structure of zooplankton community varied in dependence on oceanographic conditions, generally toward higher abundance in warmer environments. In spite of considerable impact of thermal regime, this dependence was not close and even was absent in some cases that indicated a complex organization of zooplankton communities subjected to influence of many environmental factors. Mean total biomass of large-sized zooplankton and micronekton (prey for large-sized nekton) in the upper epipelagic layer of the western Bering Sea is estimated as 41 . 106 t in summer and 24 . 106 t in fall season, its total production as 101 . 106 t and 67 . 106 t, respectively. In summer, production of non-predatory zooplankton (phyto- and euryphages) prevailed over the predatory zooplankton production, with exception of 2009 and 2013. On the contrary, production of zoophages prevailed in autumn due to successive seasonal changes in the epipelagic plankton communities. These modern data on biomass and production of the zooplankton communities indicate significant reserves of food resources for fish and squids in the deep-water Commander Basin, western part of the Aleutian Basin, and in the area at Cape Navarin.

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Seasonal Trophodynamics of the Upper Epipelagic Nekton Community in the Western Bering Sea

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Adapting management of Pacific salmon to a warming and more crowded ocean

Long-term dynamics of forage base and food supply for nekton in the upper epipelagic layer of the western Bering Sea. Part 1. Composition and abundance of zooplankton and small-sized nekton

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