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Electronic Harvest Reporting Training And Outreach, Ken Smith
Electronic Harvest Reporting Training And Outreach, Ken Smith
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The purpose of our project was to conduct several (5-‐6) outreach workshops, specifically aimed at crabbers, to increase the number of crabbers reporting harvest through VMRC’s online system. VMRC had not previously conducted outreach to encourage the use of the online system. We held 3 outreach sessions in 2013 (Middle Peninsula in Glenns; Eastern Shore in Melfa; and Tangier Island) and 2 in 2014 (Yorktown and Gwynn’s Island). In addition to the physical outreach sessions, we were able to create a short tutorial video because many interested watermen were unable to attend any of our outreach workshops, FAQ, and a …
Peeler Pot Cull Ring Data, Bradley M. Knight
Peeler Pot Cull Ring Data, Bradley M. Knight
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This Data was gathered from Occohannock Creek, a bayside creek in Northampton County, Virginia.The crabs here are usually larger than other creeks on the Eastern Shore. The pots were set out April 9th.;it had been a warm start to but it cooled down and the wind stayed Northeast for a very long time.Because of shallow water ;wind and tide direction the time to fish the traps is not very accurate.
The Expansion Of America's Soft-Shell Crab Industry: A Sea Grant Success Story, Karen Mcdonald, William Dupaul
The Expansion Of America's Soft-Shell Crab Industry: A Sea Grant Success Story, Karen Mcdonald, William Dupaul
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Steps Toward Crab Conservation In Chesapeake Bay, Mildred Sandoz
Steps Toward Crab Conservation In Chesapeake Bay, Mildred Sandoz
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Blue crabs have increased in abundance in Chesapeake Bay since 1941, but In that year an acute shortage developed which threatened the entire fishery. 'IThe serious decline of the fishery, which began in 1940, demonstrated the necessity of finding a way of assuring rapid recovery and preventing a recurrence of similar shortages. One significant step in this direction was taken by the Commission of Fisheries of Virginia in 1941, upon the request of the Hampton Crab Packers Association. A large sanctuary was established at the mouth of the bay, closed to crab fishing during July and August, to protect egg-bearing …