Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
VIMS Department/Program
Marine Advisory Program (MAP)
Publication Date
2018
Series
Fishery Resource Grant FRG 2018- 09
Abstract
Fish potting is a growing fishery in Virginia’s rivers and catfish is the primary targeted species. Demand for catfish is strong, and prices are good, but there is a lot of sorting and fish handling because the demand is for 2-8 pound fish. Traditionally, cull rings are used successfully in various traps/pots to let smaller fish/crabs escape and to reduce the labor and expense to manually sort and discard smaller animals. The use of cull rings in catfish pots, or hoop-nets, has not been studied in the Virginia catfish fishery. If cull rings could be successfully designed and placed within catfish pots to reduce the amount of small, less
Keywords
Fishing gear
Recommended Citation
Lewis, W. E. (2018) Develop and Test Fish Pot Cull Rings. Fishery Resource Grant FRG 2018- 09. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2107
