Otter trawling fish assemblages at the Changyun Rise off central western Taiwan in 2017-2021

Sampling event
Latest version published by Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung Taiwan on Jul 3, 2023 Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Publication date:
3 July 2023
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Description

This dataset is derived from ten surveys with a total of 20 otter trawling sessions conducted at the Changyun Rise off the western coast of Taiwan between 2017-2018 and 2020-2021. The surveys were conducted at two sites, inshore (15-25 m depth) and offshore (40-50 m depth), utilizing a commercial otter trawling boat prior to the commencement of the offshore wind farm development. The dataset includes 8,026 individual fish, encompassing 51 families, 84 genera, and 128 taxa. Not only did the composition and abundance (ind./104m2) of fish species significantly differ between the inshore and offshore sites, but spatiotemporal variation was also observed in dominant fish species between 2017-2018 and 2020-2021. This dataset serves as a baseline for demersal fish prior to the development of the Changhua offshore wind farm. It offers critical information for subsequent environmental impact assessments, proposing mitigation measures, and establishing continuous monitoring networks.

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Chen M (2023): Otter trawling fish assemblages at the Changyun Rise off central western Taiwan in 2017-2021. v1.1. Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung Taiwan. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=owf-fish_cyr&v=1.1

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Keywords

Samplingevent; Changyun Rise; fish assemblages; baseline; wind farm

Contacts

Meng-Hsien Chen
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact ●
  • Principal Investigator
  • Professor
Department of Oceanography
  • 70, Leihai Rd, Gushen Dist.
Kaohsiung
TW
Chien Cheng Lai
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Author
  • research assistant
Department of Oceanography
  • 70, Leihai Rd, Gushen Dist.
Kaohsiung
TW
Kuo-Shu Chen
  • Author
  • Associate research fellow
National Academy of Marine Research
  • 11F., No. 25, Chenggong 2nd Rd., Qianzhen Dist.
Kaohsiung
TW
Chih-Wei Chang
  • Author
  • Research fellow
National Academy of Marine Research
  • 11F., No. 25, Chenggong 2nd Rd., Qianzhen Dist.
Kaohsiung
TW

Geographic Coverage

Sampling was conducted at two sites off Changhua, central western Taiwan.

Bounding Coordinates South West [24.032, 119.996], North East [24.136, 120.291]

Taxonomic Coverage

N/A

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata 
Class Actinopterygii, Chondrichthyes
Order Torpediniformes, Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Gasterosteiformes, Anguilliformes, Aulopiformes, Pleuronectiformes, Tetraodontiformes, Myliobatiformes, Rajiformes, Siluriformes
Family Sciaenidae, Platycephalidae, Synodontidae, Rhynchobatidae, Mullidae, Ariidae, Dasyatidae, Fistulariidae, Triacanthidae, Carangidae, Ophichthidae, Leiognathidae, Ephippidae, Diodontidae, Narcinidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Tetraodontidae, Sillaginidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2017-07-05 / 2021-09-02

Sampling Methods

Surveys were carried out during daytime using a local commercial otter trawler, with a width of 8 m, body length of 70 m, body mesh size of 7 cm, and cod end mesh size of 4 cm. The trawler was operated at water depths ranging from 15-25 m at the inshore site, approximately 9 km off the coastline, and 40-50 m at the offshore site, approximately 42 km off the coastline. Trawling was conducted at a speed of 3-4 knots for 20 minutes at each site.

Study Extent Commercial otter trawler , a common practice in Changyun Rise (CYR), was conducted at two sites off Changhua, central western Taiwan. These include an inshore site (FS20) with a water depth of 15-25 meters (approx. 24°02'N, 120°16'E) and an offshore site (FS40) with a water depth of 40-50 meters (approx. 24°06'N, 120°00'E).
Quality Control The biological samples were identified to the lowest taxa according to Chen et al. (2019), Froese & Pauly (2021), and Shao (2021).

Method step description:

  1. The fish specimens caught by each trawl haul were immediately extracted from the catches, roughly classified by species and frozen at − 20°C on board. Subsequently, all fish specimens were transferred to the laboratory on land for taxonomic identification.

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