Role of water temperature spatio-temporal variability in European anchovy catches dynamics in the northwestern Black Sea
Journal: Trudy VNIRO
Year: 2025

The aim : to characterize the Black Sea water temperature influence on the anchovy fishing. Methods : the assessment is based on long-term data of anchovy catch statistics and oceanographic data on water surface temperature during the period 1992–2023 by the Copernicus marine project. The main hypothesis about the relationship between changes in water temperature and annual catches of European anchovy was carried out by methods of cross-correlation and spatial correlation analysis. Novelty : sta