@article{fdi:010067559,
  title = {{FAD} : {F}ish {A}ggregating {D}evice or {F}ish {A}ttracting {D}evice ? : a new analysis of yellowfin tuna movements around floating objects},
  author = {{G}irard, {C}harlotte and {B}enhamou, {S}. and {D}agorn, {L}aurent},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}ropical tuna are known to associate with floating objects. {B}ecause fish are easier to detect and to catch when around these objects, fishermen have extensively deployed a large number of artificial floating objects in the tropical oceans. {A}lthough such objects are referred to as {F}ish {A}ggregating {D}evices ({FAD}s), there is yet no strong evidence that fish do show an aggregative behaviour around them. {T}he high probability of finding tuna around {FAD}s may be the result of an aggregation process (high density of fish because fish stay for a long time around {FAD}s) as well as an attraction process (high flow of fish through {FAD}s). {W}e analysed the movements of 14 yellowfin tuna, {T}hunnus albacares, in relation to {FAD}s moored in the {I}ndian and {P}acific {O}ceans (corresponding to all the published tracking data) to determine whether the observed movement patterns resulted from an aggregation or an attraction process. {T}una appeared to be attracted by {FAD}s. {I}n general, they did not stay for long close to the {FAD}s reached, and so did not aggregate there. {S}ome {FAD}s may nevertheless act as {F}ish {A}ggregating {D}evices. {T}he possible reasons why tuna associate with floating objects are discussed in the light of these results.},
  keywords = {{OCEAN} {INDIEN} ; {PACIFIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nimal {B}ehaviour},
  volume = {67},
  numero = {},
  pages = {319--326},
  ISSN = {0003-3472},
  year = {2004},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.07.007},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067559},
}