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Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program 2017, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program 2017, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science
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Develop And Test Fish Pot Cull Rings, Wallace Emery Lewis Jr.
Develop And Test Fish Pot Cull Rings, Wallace Emery Lewis Jr.
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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 …
Determine Methods To Reduce Bycatch Of Juvenile Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias Undulates) In Haul Seines, George Earl Trice V
Determine Methods To Reduce Bycatch Of Juvenile Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias Undulates) In Haul Seines, George Earl Trice V
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The juvenile Atlantic Croaker ( Micropogonias undulates ) population is being severely cut down in the summer months by haul seines in the Chesapeake bay. It is common for commercial haul seines to land thousands of pounds of fish. When these fish are processed a large percentage of the smallest fish are sold on the bait market for a low price of .04 cents per pound. The high amount of small baitfish harvested annually by haul seines is only hurting future harvest of larger, more valuable fish. The bait caught is mostly Croaker but also includes Spot (leiostomus xanthurus), Spotted …