Louis Marec’s scientific contributions

... Within a few years, the minor purse fishery became the most important in terms of catches (Ariz et al., 1999). Until 1975 and the improvement of onboard conservation of catches, fishing activities remained in the coastal area where purse seiners mainly targeted yellowfin tuna free schools and to a lesser extent skipjack and bigeye tuna (Champagnat and Le Marrec, 1972;Ariz et al., 1999;Figure 1.7) In the Western Pacific Ocean and in the Indian Ocean, traditional fisheries had long used natural logs to catch tropical tunas (Fonteneau et al., 2000). ...

Reference:

Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans : modalities of use, fishing efficiency and potential management