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Filtering by: Academic Affiliation Fisheries and Wildlife Date 1994 Subject Trawls and trawling -- Oregon

Fishing location choices in Oregon trawl fisheries : are fishermen risk-averse or risk-prone?

Creator:

Trisak, Jiraporn

Abstract:

Despite the fact that fishing is an inherently uncertain business, risk has rarely been formally recognized in fisheries science or management. Few fishery management plans include any form of risk assessment and those that do focus on minimizing risk caused by uncertainty associated with markets and environmental conditions. Fishermen's attitudes...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Assemblages of groundfish caught using commercial fishing strategies off the coasts of Oregon and Washington from 1985-1987

Creator:

Rogers, Jean Beyer

Abstract:

The groundfish trawl fishery operating off the coasts of Oregon and Washington 1985-1987 caught six major assemblages of species which could be treated as units in developing mixed-species management plans. Eighty-one percent of the tows observed on commercial vessels were consistently placed in one of the assemblage designations using three...

Resource Type:

Dissertation