Migration behavior and stock management strategy of the Japanese eel based on diet and transport environments analyses

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21380119
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General fisheries
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Shingo 東京大学, 大学院・新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (90202043)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KITAGAWA Takashi 東京大学, 大気海洋研究所, 准教授 (50431804)
• Research Collaborator: ZENIMOTO Kei 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 学生 ; ITAKURA Hikaru 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 学生 ; MIYAZAKI Sachie 東京大学, 領域創成科学研究科, 学生
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2012
• Keywords: ニホンウナギ / 産卵回遊 / 北赤道海流 / 炭素窒素安定同位体比 / 数値シミュレーション / 生息環境 / 利根川水系

Research Abstract

This study was conducted to clarify migration behavior and habitat environment of the Japanese eel on the basis of survey in the North Equatorial Current where the spawning ground is located and Tone River system where the representative nursery ground is located. As the results, following matters were clarified; the leptocephali ingest particulate organic matter in the surface layer, different species of leptocephali do not take the same ingestion depth as the Japanese eel, larval transport process is largely different from it in Atlantic Ocean, and adult eels distribute preferably in the natural shore area that has high diversity of their prey organism.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 海洋物理現象が魚類の資源変動ならびに回遊に及ぼす影響の研究 (2013)
  • Author(s): 木村伸吾
  • Journal Title: 水産海洋研究 Volume: 71 Pages: 38-43
• [Journal Article] Diet of Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in the Kojima Bay-Asahi River system, Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Kaifu,K.,Miyazaki,S.,Aoyama,J.,Kimura,S.and Tsukamoto, K.
  • Journal Title: Environmental Biology of Fishes Volume: 96 Pages: 439-446
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evaluation of the larval distributionand migration route of the Japanese eel in the western North Pacific (2011)
  • Author(s): Shinoda,A.,Aoyama,J.,Miller,M.J.,Otake,T., Mochioka,N.,Watanabe,S.,Minegishi,Y.,Kuroki,M.,Yoshinaga,T.,Yokouchi,K.,Fukuda,N.,Sudo,R.,Hagihara,S.,Zenimoto,K.,Suzuki,Y.,Oya,M.,Inagaki,T., Kimura,S.,Fukui,A.,Lee,T.-W.,and Tsukamoto,K.
  • Journal Title: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Volume: 21 Pages: 591-611
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Larval duration of theEuropean eel (Anguilla anguilla) and the Japanese eel(Anguilla japonica): ambient temperature estimation based onnumerical particle-tracking experiments (2011)
  • Author(s): Zenimoto,K.,Sasai,Y.,Sasaki,H.andKimura,S.
  • Journal Title: Marine Ecology ProgressSeries Volume: 438 Pages: 219-228
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ニホンウナギ資源の変動特性 (2011)
  • Author(s): 木村伸吾・板倉光・銭本慧
  • Journal Title: 海洋と生物 Volume: 192 Pages: 24-29
• [Journal Article] Stable isotope analysis of twospecies of anguilliform leptocephali(Anguilla japonica and Ariosoma major)relative to their feeding depth in theNorth Equatorial Current region (2011)
  • Author(s): Miyazaki,S.,Kim,H.,Zenimoto,K.,Kitagawa,T.,Miller,M.J.and Kimura,S.
  • Journal Title: Marine Biology Volume: 158 Pages: 2555-2564
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Geneticidentification and morphology of naturally spawned eggs of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica collected in the western North Pacific (2011)
  • Author(s): Yoshinaga,T.,Miller,M.J.,Yokouchi,K.,Otake,T., Kimura,S.,Aoyama,J.,Watanabe,S.,Shinoda,A.,Oya, M.,Miyazaki,S.,Zenimoto,K.,Sudo,R.,Takahashi,T., Ahn,H.,Manabe,R.,Hagihara,S.,Morimoto,H.,Itakura,H.,Machida,M.,Ban,K.,Shiozaki,M.,Ai,B.and Tsukamoto,K.
  • Journal Title: Fisheries Science Volume: 77 Pages: 983-992
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Oceanic spawningecology of freshwater eels in the western North Pacific (2011)
  • Author(s): Tsukamoto,K.,Chow,S.,Otake,T.,Kurogi,H.,Mochioka,N.,Miller,M.J.Aoyama,J.,Kimura,S.,Watanabe,S.,Yoshinaga,T.,Shinoda,A.,7,Kuroki,M.,Oya,M., Watanabe,T.,Hata,K.,Ijiri,S.,Kazeto,Y.,Nomura, K.and Tanaka,H
  • Journal Title: Nature Communications
  • DOI: doi:10.1038/ncomms1174
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Japanese eel Anguilla japonica do notassimilate nutrition during the oceanic spawning migration: evidence from stable isotope analysis (2010)
  • Author(s): Chow,S.,Kurogi,H.,Katayama,S.,Ambe,D.,Okazaki,M.,Watanabe,T.,Ichikawa,T.,Kodama,M.,Aoyama,J.,Shinoda,A.,Watanabe,S.,Tsukamoto,K.,Miyazaki,S.,Kimura,S.,Yamada,Y.,Nomura,K.,Tanaka,H.,Kazeto,Y.,Hata,K.,Handa,T.,Tawa,A.and Mochioka,N.
  • Journal Title: Marine Ecology Progress Series Volume: 402 Pages: 233-238
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Review ofOcean-Atmospheric Factors in theAtlantic and Pacific Oceans InfluencingSpawning and Recruitment of Anguillid Eels, In "Challenges for Diadromous Fishes in a Dynamic Global Environment" (2009)
  • Author(s): Miller,M.J.,Kimura,S.,Friedland,K.D., Knights,B.,Kim,H.,Jellyman,D.J.and Tsukamoto, K.
  • Journal Title: American Fisheries Society Symposium Volume: 69 Pages: 231-249
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The effects of seasonal andinterannual variability of oceanic structure in the western Pacific NorthEquatorial Current on larval transportof the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) (2009)
  • Author(s): Zenimoto,K.,Kitagawa,T.,Miyazaki,S.,Sasai,Y., Sasaki,H.and Kimura, S.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Fish Biology Volume: 74 Pages: 1878-1890
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 河川における環境改変がニホンウナギの分布に与える影響 (2013)
  • Author(s): 木村伸吾・板倉光・永沼翼・北川貴士
  • Organizer: 日本水産学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京海洋大品川キャンパ
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-27
• [Presentation] バイオテレメトリーを用いたニホンウナギの河川における分布と移動 (2013)
  • Author(s): 板倉光・永沼翼・北川貴士・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 日本水産学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京海洋大品川キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-27
• [Presentation] Effects of the habitat environmental degradation on distribution of theyellow phase Japanese eel in the Tone river system, Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Itakura, H., Kitagawa, T. and Kimura, S.
  • Organizer: The 15th AnnualMeeting of East Asia Eel ResourceConsortium
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei,Taiwan
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-28
• [Presentation] Environmentalcharacteristics of the Japanese eel migration from spawning grounds tonursery grounds (2012)
  • Author(s): Kimura,S.
  • Organizer: The 15th AnnualMeeting of East Asia Eel ResourceConsortium
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei,Taiwan
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-28
• [Presentation] 人為的環境改変がニホンウナギの分布や成長に与える影響 (2012)
  • Author(s): 板倉光・北川貴士・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 水産海洋学会研究発表大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学本郷キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-17
• [Presentation] 利根川水系における環境改変がニホンウナギの分布や成長に与える影響 (2012)
  • Author(s): 板倉光・北川貴士・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 日本水産学会秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 下関水産大学校
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-15
• [Presentation] Distribution characteristics of theJapanese eels in relation to habitat destructions (2012)
  • Author(s): Itakura, H., Kitagawa, T. and Kimura, S.
  • Organizer: Aquatic Sciences Meetingof Association for the Sciences ofLimnology and Oceanography
  • Place of Presentation: Otsu, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2012-07-10
• [Presentation] Fluctuation in the adult Japanese eel catches in relation to habitat destruction (2012)
  • Author(s): Itakura, H., Kitagawa, T. and Kimura, S.
  • Organizer: The 6th World Fisheriescongress
  • Place of Presentation: Edinburgh,UK
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-09
• [Presentation] Characteristics of spawning migration and larval transport of the Japanese eel based on stable isotope analyses (2012)
  • Author(s): Kimura, S., Kitagawa, T., Miyazaki, S., Zenimoto, K. and Miyake Y.
  • Organizer: The 6th World Fisheries congress
  • Place of Presentation: Edinburgh, UK
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-08
• [Presentation] ニホンウナギ漁獲量変動に及ぼす人為的環境改変の影響 (2011)
  • Author(s): 板倉光・北川貴士・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 水産海洋学会
  • Place of Presentation: 函館市公民館
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-12
• [Presentation] 大西洋ウナギ属魚類の卵仔魚輸送に影響する海洋環境変動 (2011)
  • Author(s): 銭本慧・木村伸吾・中田英昭・笹井義一・佐々木英治
  • Organizer: 水産海洋学会
  • Place of Presentation: 函館市公民館
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-12
• [Presentation] 海洋物理現象が魚類の資源変動ならびに回遊に及ぼす影響の研究 (2011)
  • Author(s): 木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 水産海洋学会
  • Place of Presentation: 函館市公民館
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-12
• [Presentation] Fluctuation in the adult Japanese eel catches in relation to habitatdestruction (2011)
  • Author(s): Itakura, H., Kitagawa, T. and Kimura S.
  • Organizer: The 14th Annual Meeting ofEast Asia Eel Resource Consortium
  • Place of Presentation: Qingdao, China
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-30
• [Presentation] 人為的環境改変に伴うウナギ漁獲量の変動特性 (2010)
  • Author(s): 板倉光・北川貴士・高橋鉄哉・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 水産海洋学会研究発表大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京海洋大品川キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-20
• [Presentation] 粒子追跡シミュレーションを用いた (2010)
  • Author(s): 銭本慧・笹井義一・佐々木英治・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 太平洋・大西洋ウナギの仔魚期間の推定水産海洋学会研究発表大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京海洋大品川キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-19
• [Presentation] 安定同位体解析に基づくニホンウナギ幼生の摂餌と分布 (2010)
  • Author(s): 木村伸吾・宮崎幸恵・銭本慧・北川貴士
  • Organizer: 水産海洋学会研究発表大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京海洋大品川キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-19
• [Presentation] ウナギ産卵生態調査7 (2010)
  • Author(s): 張成年・黒木洋明・岡崎誠・木村伸吾・宮崎幸恵・塚本勝巳・望岡典隆
  • Organizer: -降りウナギは産卵場まで餌を食べない-日本水産学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学生物資源学部
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-27
• [Presentation] ウナギ産卵生態調査10.-ウナギ目幼生の摂餌と深度- (2010)
  • Author(s): 木村伸吾・宮崎幸恵・北川貴士
  • Organizer: 日本水産学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学生物資源学部
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-27
• [Presentation] 大西洋と太平洋に生息するウナギ属魚類3種の卵稚仔輸送過程 (2009)
  • Author(s): 銭本慧・北川貴士・笹井義一・佐々木英治・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 水産海洋学会研究発表大会
  • Place of Presentation: 長崎大学坂本キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-18
• [Presentation] 安定同位体比によるウナギ親魚の生息域解明に関する研究 (2009)
  • Author(s): 宮崎幸恵・北川貴士・木村伸吾
  • Organizer: 日本水産学会秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 岩手県民情報交流センター
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-02