@article{fdi:010063976, title = {{D}efining fishing spatial strategies from {VMS} data : insights from the world's largest monospecific fishery}, author = {{J}oo, {R}ocio and {S}alcedo, {O}. and {G}utierrez, {M}. and {F}ablet, {R}. and {B}ertrand, {S}ophie}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{U}nderstanding the spatiotemporal behavior of fishermen at the fleet scale is key for defining effective strategies for fisheries management. {H}ere we classify the spatial patterns exhibited by fishing trip trajectories in the world's largest monospecific fishery, the {P}eruvian anchovy fishery. {O}ur goal is to identify spatial strategies and their possible changes over 2000-2009. {T}he data comprise more than 350,000 fishing trips, recorded using a vessel monitoring system. {O}n-board observers monitored a small fraction of those trips (>2000), providing data for inferring the type of activity (fishing, searching, and cruising) from the position records, for use in a state-space model. {E}ach fishing trip was characterized by its duration, maximum distance to the coast, geographical extension, and time spent fishing, searching and cruising. {U}sing clustering techniques, we identified four types of fishing trips, associated with differences in management among regions, fleet segments, and skippers' behavior. {T}he methodology could be used to investigate fishing spatial strategies using {VMS} trajectories in other fisheries.}, keywords = {{V}essel monitoring system ({VMS}) ; {P}eruvian purse-seine anchovy fishery ; {E}ngraulis ringens ; {F}isherman spatial patterns ; {PEROU}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}isheries {R}esearch}, volume = {164}, numero = {}, pages = {223--230}, ISSN = {0165-7836}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1016/j.fishres.2014.12.004}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063976}, }