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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effect of climate change on habitat suitability and recruitment dynamics of swimming crabs in the Taiwan Strait

Muhamad Naimullah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6415-0951 A , Kuo-Wei Lan B C * , Mubarak Mammel B , Lu-Chi Chen B D , Yan-Lun Wu B , Po-Yuan Hsiao https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8446-175X B , Ting-Yu Liang B , Hanafiah Fazhan E F G H and Khor WaiHo E F G H
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A Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

B Department of Environmental Biology Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan, Republic of China.

C Center of Excellence for Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan, Republic of China.

D Fisheries Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, 199 He 1st Road, Zhongzheng District, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan, Republic of China.

E Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

F Food Security Research Cluster, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

G Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia.

H STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China.

* Correspondence to: kwlan@mail.ntou.edu.tw

Handling Editor: Man Ying Jill Chiu

Marine and Freshwater Research 75, MF24002 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF24002
Submitted: 9 January 2024  Accepted: 30 July 2024  Published: 4 September 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Context

Climate change reportedly affects global fisheries, including the highly valuable swimming crabs, an important benthic species in Asian waters.

Aims

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on catch rates and habitat suitability of Portunus pelagicus, Portunus sanguinolentus and Charybdis feriatus in the Taiwan Strait.

Methods

We combined marine remote sensing data with Taiwanese trap vessel data to develop a weighted habitat suitability index modelling and analyse the recruitment dynamics of swimming crabs in different ENSO events.

Key results

Our results suggest that Increasing salinity (>33.5 PSU) and sea temperature (>18.6°C) during La Niña events had a positive effect on stock recruitment and habitat suitability index of P. pelagicus and C. feriatus. By contrast, P. sanguinolentus were not affected by ENSO events. The low catch rates for P. sanguinolentus in normal years and for C. feriatus and P. pelagicus in normal and El Niño years were highly consistent with the significant shrinkage of the habitat suitability index.

Conclusions

Monitoring climate change and environmental factors is essential for understanding their effects on marine ecosystems.

Implications

This research can help implement sustainable crab fisheries.

Keywords: crab fishery, crustacean, East China Sea, ENSO events, fishing grounds, habitat modeling, La Nina, stock recruitment.

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