Publication Date:
2021-06-28
Description:
Information on geographical variation is reviewed for Stenella attenuata, S. longirostris, S. coeruleoalba, andDelphinus delphis in the eastern tropical Pacific, and boundaries for potential management units are proposed.National Marine Fisheries Service and Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission sighting records made from 1979 to 1983 which were outside boundaries used in a 1979 assessment were examined for validity. Tagging returns and morphological data were also analyzed. Several stock ranges are expanded or combined. Three management units are proposed for S. attenuata: the coastal, northern offshore, and southern offshore spoiled dolphins. Four management units are proposed for S. longirostris: the Costa Rican, eastern, northern whitebelly, and southern whitebelly spinner dolphins. Two provisional management units are proposed for S. coeruleoalba: the northern and southern striped dolphins. Five management units (two of which are provisional) are proposed for D. delphis: the Baja neritic, northern, central, southern, and Guerrero common dolphins. Division into management units was based on morphological stock differences and distributional breaks. (PDF file contains 34 pages.)
Keywords:
Ecology
;
Fisheries
;
Biology
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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