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Evaluating Recruitment Of American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata, To The Potomac River (Spring 2007), Hank Brooks, Wendy A. Lowery, Aimee Halvorson, James Gartland, Marcel M. Montane
Evaluating Recruitment Of American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata, To The Potomac River (Spring 2007), Hank Brooks, Wendy A. Lowery, Aimee Halvorson, James Gartland, Marcel M. Montane
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Harvests of American eel along the U.S. Atlantic Coast have declined in recent years, and similar patterns have been noted in the Canadian Maritime Provinces as well as in Europe with its congener, A. anguilla (Ciccotti et al., 4 1995). Fishery independent indices of abundance have also shown a decline in American eel populations in recent years (Richkus and Whalen, 1999; Geer, 2003; Montane and Fabrizio, 2006). Possible explanations for this decline include Gulf Stream shifts, pollution, overfishing, parasites, and barriers to fish passage (Castonguay et al., 1994; Haro et al., 2000). In addition, local factors such as unfavorable wind-driven …
Estimating Relative Abundance Of Young-Of-The-Year American Eel Anguilla Rostrata In The Virginia Tributaries Of Chesapeake Bay (Spring 2006), Marcel M. Montane, Wendy A. Lowery, Hank Brooks, Aimee D. Halvorson
Estimating Relative Abundance Of Young-Of-The-Year American Eel Anguilla Rostrata In The Virginia Tributaries Of Chesapeake Bay (Spring 2006), Marcel M. Montane, Wendy A. Lowery, Hank Brooks, Aimee D. Halvorson
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) adopted the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (hereafter referred to as FMP) for the American eel in November 1999. The FMP focuses on increasing coastal states’ efforts to collect American eel data through both fishery dependent and fishery independent studies. Consequently, member jurisdictions (including Virginia) agreed to implement an annual survey for YOY American eels. The survey is intended to “…characterize trends in annual recruitment of the YOY eels over time [to produce a] qualitative appraisal of the annual recruitment of American eel to the U.S. Atlantic Coast” (ASMFC, 2000). The development of these …