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Filtering by: Creator Sower, Greg J. Conference Name International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade Subject Bycatches (Fisheries)

Avoiding bycatch in U.S. Sea Scallop closed areas fisheries

Creator:

O’Keefe, Cate, DeCelles, Greg, Cadrin, Steven X., and Georgianna, Dan

Abstract:

Since 1999, the scallop fisheries have been granted access to closed areas on Georges Bank, and the access programs have been managed through individual vessel quotas for scallops, and a common-pool total allowable catch (TAC) for yellowtail flounder bycatch. The scallop resource is neither overfished and nor is overfishing occurring,...

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Research Paper

Full Text:

Fishery Oceanography, SMAST, UMass Dartmouth cokeefe@umassd.edu Greg DeCelles, DFO, SMAST UMass Dartmouth