CURRICULUM VITAE FREDDY AROCHA Professor of

CURRICULUM VITAE FREDDY AROCHA Professor of

CURRICULUM VITAE
FREDDY AROCHA
Professor of Fishery Biology
Chief, Department of Fishery Biology - Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, Universidad de
Oriente, Cumaná-Venezuela.
Biography
• 1983. Licenciado. Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná-Venezuela //Universidad de Sevilla,
Sevilla-España.
• 1986. M.Sc. Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná, Venezuela.
• 1997. Ph.D. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami,
Miami, Florida – U.S.A.
Member
• International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Species Working
Groups: swordfish, billfish, tropical tunas.
• The Oceanography Society. DC, EEUU. www.tos.org
Honors and Professional Activities
• (1997-present) Venezuelan National Scientific Promotional Program Awards.
• (2003-present) Advisor and Member of the National Assessment Group in Marine
Fisheries of the Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura (INAPESCA), Venezuela.
• (1998-present) Scientific coordinator of the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas - Enhanced Research Program for Billfish in Venezuela.
• (1999-2000) Chief Scientist of Venezuela at the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas - SCRS meetings.
Consulting
2006. AROCHA, F (Coordinator & editor). Análisis espacial y temporal de la actividad pesquera y de
los recursos pesqueros sobre la plataforma norte de la Península de Paria y en el norte del
Golfo de Paria. En: Estudio de Línea Base Ambiental, Socioeconómico y de Salud Proyecto
Mariscal Sucre. CAMUDOCA, Cumaná & Proyectos PDVSA-GAS. 266 pp.
2005. AROCHA, F. (Coordinator & editor). Estudio macro y micro para la factibilidad de un muelle
de aguas profundas en la Península de Araya, Estado Sucre. Aspectos Ambientales y
Sociales. INCOSTAS, Caracas. 60 pp.
2004. Mendoza, J. and F. AROCHA. The Fishery Resources of Eastern Venezuela (in spanish). In:
Diagnóstico Socio-Económico de los Proyectos Costa Afuera. Responsables: Prof. Haymara
Alvarez (Universidad Simón Bolívar) y Prof. José Velásquez (Universidad de Oriente).
Proyectos Costa Afuera – PDVSA.
2000. AROCHA, F. Informe sobre el ingreso de embarcaciones pesqueras de superficie con bandera
extranjera para operar en al zona económica exclusiva de Venezuela. Presentado a AVATUN,
6 pp.
1999. Mendoza, J. and F. AROCHA (Editores). Fisheries and Fishery Resources of Eastern Venezuela
(in spanish). Convenio FUNDAUDO-PALMAVEN/PDVSA. Volumes I - IV.
1998. AROCHA, F. Informe técnico presentado a la Comisión Permanente del Ambiente y
Ordenación Territorial del Senado de la República titulado, “Mecanismos que permitan el
mejor manejo de los recursos pesqueros: Peces de pico ( Aguja azul, aguja blanca y pez
vela) y pez espada”.
1998. AROCHA, F. Informe técnico presentado a la Comisión Permanente del Ambiente y
Ordenación Territorial del Senado de la República titulado,”Situación Actual de los Peces
Picos y Pez Espada”.
1993. AROCHA, F. "Ecosystem Effects: Marine Systems". In: "FREE TRADE AND THE
ENVIRONMENT: THE CASE OF VENEZUELA. II WORKSHOP: Potential Environmental
Consequences of Free Trade and Economic Scenarios". Miami, Florida. 11-14 de enero 1993.
University of Miami (North-South Center), University of North Texas, Instituto Venezolano
de Estudios Sociales y Políticos.
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Publications
2007. Arocha, F. Swordfish reproduction in the Atlantic ocean: an overview. Gulf and Caribbean
Research, 19: in press
2007. Arocha, F. and L. Marcano. Life History Characteristics of Makaira nigricans, Tetrapturus
albidus, and Istiophorus platypterus from the Eastern Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Waters.
Pages: in press. in J. Nielsen, J. Dodson, K. Friedland, T. Hamon, N. Hughes, J. Musick, and E.
Verspoor, editors. Proceedings of the Fourth World Fisheries Congress: Reconciling Fisheries
with Conservation. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 49, Bethesda, Maryland.
2006. Drew, K., D.J. Die and F. Arocha. Understanding vascualrization in fin spines of white marlin
(Tetrapturus albidus). Bulletin of Marine Science,79(3):847-853
2006. Schultz, D.R., N.F. Perez, D. Snodgrass, J.E. Serafy, E.D. Prince, F. Arocha, T.R. Capo, and
C.-K. Tan. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and billfish gender: testing muscle tissue and
surface mucus in tagging studies. Bulletin of Marine Science, 79(3):859-864.
2006. Tan, C.K., N. Perez, A.J. Mendez, D. Snodgrass, E.D. Prince, J.E. Serafy, F. Arocha, and R.D.
Schultz. Identification of vitellogenic Atlantic Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans) from muscle
samples using ELISA for vitellogenin-derived yolk proteins. Bulletin of Marine Science:
78(2):319-329.
2006. Arocha, F., and M. Ortiz. Standardized catch rates for blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and
white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) from the Venezuelan pelagic longline fishery off the
Caribbean Sea and the western central Atlantic: period 1991-2004. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap.,
59:124-133.
2006. Arocha, F., L. Marcano, M. Valle, K. Kleisner and D. Die. Catch rates for white marlin
(Tetrapturus albidus) and blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) from the small-scale fishery off La
Guaira, Venezuela : Period 1991-2004. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap., 59:134-141.
2006. Arocha, F., A. Larez, J. Marcano, A. Barrios, X. Gutierrez, D. Debrot and M. Ortiz.
Standardized catch rates for white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) from the Venezuelan artisanal
pelagic longline fishery off the Caribbean Sea and adjacent areas: Period 1992-2003. ICCAT,
Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap., 59:315-322.
2006. Drew, K., D. Die, and F. Arocha. Current efforts to develop an age and growth model of blue
marlin (Makaira nigricans) and white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus). ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap.,
59: 274-281.
2005. Gonzalez, A., J. Mendoza, F. AROCHA, and A. Marquez. Mortalidad y rendimiento por recluta
de la curvinata de río, Plagioscion squamosissimus, en el Orinoco medio de Venezuela.
Zootecnica Tropical, 23(3):231-245.
2005. Gonzalez, A., J. Mendoza, F. AROCHA, and A. Marquez. Crecimiento de la curvinata de río,
Plagioscion squamosissimus, en el Orinoco medio. Zootecnica Tropical, 23(2):155-170.
2005. Arocha, F., and D.W. Lee. Advances in a pilot study for the development of a fish image
database from pelagic longline fishery in the western central Atlantic. International Commission
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,53(5):17811788.
2005. Arocha, F., A. Bárrios, J. Silva, and D.W. Lee. Preliminary observations on gonad
development, sexual maturity and fecundity estimates of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus)
from the western central Atlantic. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic
Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,53(5):1567-1573.
2005. Arocha, F., R. Tavares, J. Silva, and L. Marcano. Blue shark (Prionace glauca) length
composition from the Venezuelan pelagic longline fleet in the northwestern Atlantic: Period
1994-2003. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective
Volumes of Scientific Papers,53(3):942-950.
2004. Ortiz, M., and F. AROCHA. Alternative error distribution models for standardization of catch
rates of non-target species from a pelagic longline fishery: Billfish species in the Venezuelan
tuna longline fishey. Fisheries Research, 70:275-297.
2004. Manickchand-Heileman, S., J. Mendoza, A. Lum Kong and F. AROCHA. A trophic model and
exploration of the possible impacts of fishing on the ecosystem of the Gulf of Paria, between
Venezuela and Trinidad. Ecological Modelling,172:307-322.
2003. AROCHA, F. A new species of NEMATOLAMPAS (CEPHALOPODA:OEGOPSIDA) from the
western central Atlantic with an overview of the Family Lycoteuthidae. Bulletin of Marine
Science, 72(3):941-953.
2003. AROCHA, F., C. Moreno, L. Beerkircher, D. Lee, and L. Marcano. Update on growth estimates
for swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the northwestern Atlantic. International Commission for the
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Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,55: 1416-1429.
2003. AROCHA, F., and M. Ortiz. Standardized catch rates for blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and
white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) from the Venezuelan pelagic longline fishery off the
Caribbean Sea and the western central Atlantic. International Commission for the Conservation
of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,55:649-659.
2003. Goodyear, C.P., F. AROCHA, and E.D. Prince. Size composition of the white marlin catch.
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of
Scientific Papers,55: 603-612..
2002. AROCHA, F. and M. Ortiz. Standardized catch rates for sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) from
the Venezuelan pelagic longline fishery off the Caribbean sea and the western central Atlantic.
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of
Scientific Papers, 54:755-763.
2002. Marcano, L.A., F. AROCHA, J. Alió, J. Marcano, and A. Larez. Actividades desarrolladas en el
Programa expandido de ICCAT para peces de pico en Venezuela: Período 1999-2001.
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of
Scientific Papers,54: 882-894.
2002. Arocha, F., O. Arocha and L.A. Marcano. Observed shark bycatch from the Venezuelan tuna
and swordfish fishery from 1994 through 2000. International Commission for the Conservation
of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,54:1123-1131.
2002. AROCHA, F. Oocyte development and maturity classification of swordfish from the northwestern Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology, 60 (1):13-27.
2001. AROCHA, F.; L.A. Marcano; J.S. Marcano, X. Gutiérrez and J. Sayegh. Captura incidental
observada de peces de pico en la pesquería industrial de palangre venezolana en el Mar Caribe
y en el Atlántico centro Occidental: 1991-1999. International Commission for the Conservation
of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,53:131-140.
2001. Marcano, L.A.; J.J. Alió; F. AROCHA and X. Gutiérrez. Tendencia actual de la pesquería de
peces de pico en la costa central de Venezuela. Período 1988-99. International Commission for
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,53:281-290.
2001. Goodyear, C. P. and AROCHA, F. Size composition of blue and white marlins take in selected
fisheries in the western North Atlantic. International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers, 53:249-257.
2001. AROCHA, F.; D.W. Lee; L.A. Marcano and J.S. Marcano. Update information on the spawning
of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the western central Atlantic. International Commission
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,52:167-176.
2001. AROCHA, F.; M. Ortiz and L.A. Marcano. ICCAT. Standardized catch rates for yellowfin tuna
(Thunnus albacares) from the Venezuelan pelagic longline fishery off the Caribbean Sea and
the western central Atlantic. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas,
Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,52:177-189.
2001. Guzmán, R.; F. AROCHA and G. Gómez. 2001. Tipo de desove de la sardina (Sardinella
aurita, Valenciennes, 1847) en el nororiente de Venezuela: Resultados preliminares. Zootecnia
Tropical, 19(2):173-183.
2001. AROCHA, F. and L. MARCANO. Monitoreo de grandes peces pelágicos en el mar Caribe y el
Atlántico centro-occidental mediante un programa integrado de monitoreo en Venezuela. pp.
557-576. En: Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 52nd annual meeting,
Noviembre 1999. Key West, FL. U.S.A.
2000. AROCHA, F., D. LEE, L. MARCANO and J. MARCANO. Preliminary studies on the spawning of
yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, in the western central Atlantic. International Commission
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,51:538-552.
2000. MARCANO, L., F. AROCHA, J. MARCANO and A. LAREZ. Actividades desarrolladas en el
programa expandido de ICCAT para peces de pico en Venezuela. Período: 1998 – 99.
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of
Scientific Papers,51:981-993.
2000. AROCHA, F. Management implications in using spawning stock biomass as a proxy for total
egg production in highly fecund species: the swordfish case. pp. 629-645. En: Proceedings of
the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 51st annual meeting, Noviembre 1998. St. Croix,
V.I. R.L. Creswell, Ed. Ft. Pierce, FL. USA.
1999. AROCHA, F., L. MARCANO, A. LAREZ, D. ALTUVE and J. ALIO. The fishery, demographic size
structure and oocyte development of dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus, in Venezuela and
adjacent waters. Scientia Marina:63 (3-4):401-409.
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1999. WEIDNER, D and F. AROCHA. World Swordfish Fisheries. “South America: Atlantic, Part A,
Section 2 (Segment B: Brazil). In, “Latin America”, World Swordfish Fisheries: An analysis of
swordfish fisheries, market trends, and trade patterns. Vol. IV. (NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFSF/SPO-35) 391 pp.
1999. WEIDNER, D., F. AROCHA, F. FONTES, W. FOLSON and J. SERRANO. “South America:
Atlantic, Part A, Section 2 (Segment A: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana). In,
“Latin America”, World Swordfish Fisheries: An analysis of swordfish fisheries, market trends,
and trade patterns. Vol. IV. (NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-34) 235 pp.
1999. AROCHA, F. and E.D. PRINCE. Tag and release of juvenile swordfish off Venezuelan industrial
longline vessels. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective
Volumes of Scientific Papers, 49: 423 - 427.
1999. MARCANO, L., F. AROCHA, and J. MARCANO. Actividades desarrolladas en el programa
expandido de ICCAT para peces de pico en Venezuela. Período: 1996 - 97. International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,
49: 521- 530.
1998. AROCHA, F. Implicaciones de ordenación pesquera en el pez espada, Xiphias gladius, del
Atlántico noroccidental. Bol.Inst.Ocean.,Univ. de Oriente, 37(1&2):81-89.
1998. MARCANO, L., F. AROCHA, and J. MARCANO. Actividades desarrolladas en el programa
expandido de ICCAT para peces de pico en Venezuela. Período: 1996 - 97. International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,
48: 241-245.
1997. AROCHA, F. The reproductive dynamics of swordfish Xiphias gladius L. and management
implications in the northwestern Atlantic. PhD Dissertation, University of Miami. University of
Microfilms Inc. Ann Arbor, Mi. UMI #9805928. 383 pp.
1997. TURNER, S., V. RESTREPO and F. AROCHA. Swordfish catch at size and catch at age by sex
for the United States. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas,
Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers, 46 (3): 383-385.
1996. AROCHA, F. and D. LEE. Maturity at size, reproductive seasonality, spawning frequency,
fecundity and sex ratio in swordfish from the Northwest Atlantic. International Commission for
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,45(2):350-357.
1996. EHRHARDT, N., R. ROBBINS and F. AROCHA. Age validation and growth of swordfish, Xiphias
gladuis, in the northwestern Atlantic. International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,45(2):358-367.
1996. TURNER, S., F. AROCHA and G. SCOTT. U.S. swordfish catch at age by sex. International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific
Papers,45(2):373-378.
1995. AROCHA, F. and D. LEE. The spawning of swordfish in the Northwest Atlantic. International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,
44(3):179-186.
1994. AROCHA, F., D. LEE and J. GRUBICH. Observations on sex ratios, maturity stages, and
fecundity of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,
42(1):309-318.
1993. AROCHA, F. and D. LEE. Preliminary observations on sex ratio data and maturity stages of
the swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the northwest Atlantic. International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers, 40(1):425-432.
1993. LEE, D. and F. AROCHA. Update of the 1991 and 1992 on swordfish sex ratio at size collected
from the U.S. and Venezuelan fishery. International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers, 40(1):412-424.
1991. GAERTNER, D., ALIO, J. and AROCHA, F. Alcance de los estudios sobre la pesca deportiva de
los Istiophoridae en Venezuela. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic
Tunas, Collective Volumes of Scientific Papers,35(1):89-95.
1991. AROCHA, F. A new species of Nematolampas (Cepahlopoda:Lycoteuthidae) from the central
western Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science, 49(1-2): 660.
1991. AROCHA, F., MARCANO, L. and CIPRIANI, R. Cephalopods trawled from Venezuelan waters
by the R/V "Dr. FRIDTJOF NANSEN" in 1988. Bulletin of Marine Science, 49(1-2):231-234.
1991. AROCHA, F. and L.J. UROSA. Some biological studies of Loligo plei and occurence of Loligo
pealii(Cephalopoda,Myopsida) in northeastern Venezuela. Acta Científica Venezolana, 42:145152.
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1989. AROCHA, F. Cephalopod resources of Venezuela. Marine Fishery Review,51(2):47-51.
1989. AROCHA, F. Estudio comparativo de rádulas de Octopus mediante el uso del microscopio
electrónico de barrido. Acta Científica Venezolana, 40(2):130-137.
1984. AROCHA, F. and G. ROBAINA. First record of Octopus defilippi Verany,1851 in Venezuelan
Waters. Nautilus,98(1):25-28.
1983. AROCHA, F. and L.J. UROSA. Notes on two Octopoda from Venezuelan Waters. Bulletin of
Marine Science, 33(4):941-942.
1982. AROCHA, F. and L.J. UROSA. Cefalópodos del género Octopus en el área nororiental de
Venezuela. Bol.Inst.Ocean.,Univ. de Oriente,21(1-2):167-189.
RECENT SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS PRESENTATIONS
2006. Arocha, F. Swordfish Reproduction in the Atlantic Ocean: An Overview. Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute, 59th annual meeting, Noviembre 2006, Belize City, Belize.
2006. Tavares, R. y F. Arocha. Composition, diversity, and relative abundance of oceanic sharks in
the Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 59th annual
meeting, Noviembre 2006, Belize City, Belize.
2005. Arocha, F. Diagnostico Venezuela. Taller sobre Evaluación y Manejo de Elasmobranquios en
América del Sur y Bases Regionales para los Planes de Acción (DINARA/FAO). Noviembre
2005, DI.NA.RA., Montevideo, Uruguay.
2004. Arocha, F. Life history characteristics of Makaira nigricans, Tetrapturus albidus, and
Istiophorus platypterus from the eastern Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters. Fourth World
Fisheries Congress. 2-9 May, Vancouver-BC, Canadá.
2001. Arocha, F. The reproductive strategy and survival of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the
northwestern Atlantic. Third International Billfish Symposium. 19-23 August 2001, Cairns,
Australia.
2001. Arocha, F. and L.A. Marcano. Trends in billfish catches by Venezuelan longline and artisanal
gillnet fisheries in the Caribbean Sea and the western central Atlantic. Third International
Billfish Symposium. 19-23 August 2001, Cairns, Australia.
1999. Arocha, F. and L. Marcano. Monitoreo de grandes peces pelágicos en el mar Caribe y el
Atlántico centro-occidental mediante un programa integrado de monitoreo en Venezuela. Gulf
and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 52nd annual meeting, Noviembre 1999, Key West, EEUU.
1998. Arocha, F. Management implications in using spawning stock biomass as a proxy for total
egg production in highly fecund species: the swordfish case. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries
Institute, 51st annual meeting, Noviembre 1998. St. Croix, V.I.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Instituto Oceanográfcio de Venezuela, Universidad de Oriente
Apartado de Correos No. 204
Cumaná 6101, Venezuela
Ph. +58(293)400-2111 (lab)
Cel. +58(416)693-0389
email: [email protected]; [email protected]
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