Author’s Accepted Manuscript Fishery-independent surface abundance and density estimates of swordfish (Xiphias gladius ) from aerial surveys in the Central Mediterranean Sea Giancarlo Lauriano, Nino Pierantonio, Laurence Kell, Ana Cañadas, Gregory Donovan, Simone Panigada PII: S0967-0645(17)30142-X DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.019 Reference: DSRII4240 To appear in: Deep-Sea Research Part II Received date: 11 December 2015 Revised date: 12 April 2017 Accepted date: 24 April 2017 Cite this article as: Giancarlo Lauriano, Nino Pierantonio, Laurence Kell, Ana Cañadas, Gregory Donovan and Simone Panigada, Fishery-independent surface abundance and density estimates of swordfish (Xiphias gladius ) from aeria surveys in the Central Mediterranean Sea, Deep-Sea Research Part II http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.019 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted fo publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version o the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain www.elsevier.com/locate/dsr2