Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
11-1997
Series
Special Report in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SRAMSOE) No. 343
Abstract
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) currently conducts a monthly trawl survey in the three major Virginia rivers and the lower Chesapeake Bay to estimate the abundance of economically important finfish species, particularly at the juvenile stage .. VIM:S has conducted similar trawl surveys in various forms since 1955. Although this represents a 40 year period, variations in sampling design and gear have confounded efforts to produce a meaningful, continuous time series. Such variations include changes in stations occupied, sampling frequency, _vessels, and trawl gears. Much of the trawl survey sampling has been documented (Wojcik and Van Engel 1988a, 1988b, 1988c, 1988d, 1989), although some changes have not.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/m2-2fh7-ve94
Keywords
Fishing gear, Boats, Trawling, Fishes
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Funding
This study was supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Virginia Marine Resources Commision through the Sportfish Restoration Program, Project F104R
Recommended Citation
Hata, D. (1997) Comparisons of Gears and Vessels Used in the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Juvenile Finfish Trawl Survey. Special Report in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SRAMSOE) No. 343. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/m2-2fh7-ve94
