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Feasibility Of Commercial Fishing Operations In The Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, Philip W. Cahill, P. Ronald Grulich, James A. Colvocoresses May 1984

Feasibility Of Commercial Fishing Operations In The Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, Philip W. Cahill, P. Ronald Grulich, James A. Colvocoresses

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The objective of the project was to test the feasibility of conducting commercial trawling operations in the slope waters ( 100 fm-300 fm) adjacent to the traditional fishing areas on the continental shelf in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. This was to be accomplished by developing a fishing strategy that would be structured around existing information on stock abundance, type and location and implementing the fishing strategy by procuring a lease on a commercial fishing vessel that would be suitable for slope trawling. The implementation of fishery operations would be the primary goal of the project and every effort would be made …


Mortality And Behavior Of Sea Turtles In The Chesapeake Bay : Summary Report For 1979 Through 1983, John A. Musick, Richard A. Byles, Ruthellen Klinger, Sarah A. Bellmund Jan 1984

Mortality And Behavior Of Sea Turtles In The Chesapeake Bay : Summary Report For 1979 Through 1983, John A. Musick, Richard A. Byles, Ruthellen Klinger, Sarah A. Bellmund

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Research on the populations of juvenile sea turtles utilize the Chesapeake Bay as a summer foraging area has been pursued by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) since 1979. The largest part of the funding for our studies has come from National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the form of· student fellowship grants with recent substantial contributions also by the Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries Commission and VIMS. This report is a summary of studies carried out through 1983. It consists of sections analyzing telemetry, conventional tagging, mortalities, fishing conflicts, population description and abundance.


Striped Bass Research, Virginia - Completion Report 1984, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science Jan 1984

Striped Bass Research, Virginia - Completion Report 1984, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

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The research reported herein is directly in response to priorities established in the "Action Plan" of the Emergency Striped Bass Study (the Chafee Amendment (PL 96-118) of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (PL 89-304)). The Amendment was the result of a decline in striped bass landings along the Atlantic Coast that began in the mid-1970's. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) had previously conducted a juvenile striped bass seining program from 1967 through 1973 which was discontinued at that point due to a loss of funding. The program was reinstated in 1980 with funding from the National Marine Fisheries …


Striped Bass Research, Virginia - Annual Report 1982, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science Jan 1984

Striped Bass Research, Virginia - Annual Report 1982, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

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The research reported herein is directly related to priorities established in the "Action Plan" of the Emergency Striped Bass Study (Anadromous Fish Conservation Act Amendment, Public Law 96-118, the Chafee Amendment). The amendment was the result of a decline in striped bass landings along the Atlantic Coast since the mid-1970's. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) had a juvenile striped bass seining program from 1967 through 1973, but the program was discontinued after a loss of funding. This program was reinstated in 1980 with funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Chafee Amendment. This report summarizes part …