Influence of Currents and Atmospheric Circulation on the Efficiency of European Anchovy Fishing during its Wintering off the Black Sea Coast of the Krasnodar Territory

B. N. Panov1*, E. O. Spiridonova2

1 Azov-Black Sea Branch of the FSBSI “VNIRO” (“AzNIIRKH”), Rostov-on-Don, Russia

2 Kerch State Maritime Technological University, Kerch, Russia

* e-mail: panov_bn@mail.ru

Abstract

Russian fishermen harvest European anchovy primarily off the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory during its wintering and wintering migrations. At wintering grounds, temperature conditions become a secondary factor in determining the behaviour of commercial concentration of European anchovy, with wind and currents being the primary factors. Therefore, the aim of this work is to determine the potential use of daily data on water circulation and local atmospheric transport in short-term (1–7 days) forecasting of European anchovy fishing in the Black Sea. The research used the European anchovy fishery monitoring materials for January – March 2019, as well as daily maps of the Black and Azov Seas level anomalies (from satellite altimetry data) and surface atmospheric pressure and temperature in Europe (analysis) for the mentioned period. The dynamics of the catch rate and its relation to altimetry and atmospheric transport indicators in the north-eastern part of the Black Sea were investigated using graphical and correlation methods. This analysis showed that the main factor contributing to increased catches is intensification of northwest currents in the coastal 60-km zone. The effect of atmospheric transport on fishing efficiency depends on the mesoscale eddy structure of the nearshore current field. In the presence of an intense northwest current in the fishing area, southwest atmospheric transports have a positive effect on fishing, while in the presence of an anticyclonic meander of currents, northeast atmospheric transports become effective. The presence of maximum significant relationships when the determinants of fishing performance are shifted by 1–7 days allows making short-term predictions of fishing efficiency.

Keywords

anchovy fishing, wintering areas, fishing loads, average catch, sea level changes, atmospheric transfers, currents, short-term forecasting.

For citation

Panov, B.N. and Spiridonova, E.O., 2021. Influence of Currents and Atmospheric Circulation on the Efficiency of European Anchovy Fishing during its Wintering off the Black Sea Coast of the Krasnodar Territory. Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea, (1), pp. 47–62. doi:10.22449/2413-5577-2021-1-47-62 (in Russian).

DOI

10.22449/2413-5577-2021-1-47-62

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