FISHING-GROUND FORECAST FOR EXPLOITATION OF TUNA RESOURCES IN THE OFFSHORE WATER REGIONS OF VIETNAM

Abstract

         To exploit the benefit of tuna resources effectively, making and broadcasting up-to-date forecast news on regions that have great potential of the high concentration of tuna (fishing-ground forecast) are very essential. Based on the principle of the rule relation between fishingground and environmental factors, multi-variance analysis method has been used for this purpose. On the basis of established relative equation and forecast results of relating sea environment factors, monthly forecast of tuna fishing in the offshore regions of the Central (6-180N, 107-1170E) has been studied since January 2013 and conducted regularly on the last day of the previous month (or the first day of the forecast month), and broadcasted officially on www.rimf.org.vn, tongcucthuysan.gov.vn, and etc under the mapping mode with the exploiting position description.