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Filtering by: Subject Groundfish fisheries -- Bycatches Advisor Sampson, David B.

Evaluating the Efficacy of Predicting Bycatch Mortality Using Reflex Impairment through an Assessment of Crab Discards

Creator:

Yochum, Noëlle

Abstract:

All animals that interact with fishing gear are not necessarily captured, and all animals that are captured are not necessarily retained. Fishing practices and gear configuration, management regulations, and markets dictate which animals ultimately are retained or discarded. The impact of a fishery and the efficacy of management regulations can...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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probability for Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) discarded from the groundfish bottom trawl fishery in the