Document Type

Report

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

VIMS Department/Program

Marine Advisory Services (MAS)

Publication Date

1988

Abstract

During the months of June and September 1988, gear experiments were conducted aboard the F/V Carolina Dawn and Carolina Capes. The primary objective of the experiments was to assess the technical efficiency and size selectivity of 3.5-inch ring dredges relative to the current commercially-used 3.0-inch ring dredges. Secondary objectives were to analyze the economic and regulatory ramifications of using 3.5-inch ring dredges to control the age-at-capture and enhance the yield-per- recruit.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21220/V5HJ1X

Keywords

Scallop fisheries -- Gear selectivity -- Atlantic Ocean, Western; Scallop fisheries -- Economic aspects -- Atlantic Ocean, Western

Funding

Project funded under Saltonstall-Kennedy Act, Aware Number NA88EA-H-00011 and the New England Fishery Management Council.

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