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Making The Deep Sea Atlantic Red Crab Fishery A Sustainable And Profitable Industry For Virginia, Atlantic Red Crab Company, Llc, Casey’S Seafood, Inc., Graham & Rollins, Inc.

Reports

The primary purpose of this fishery resource grant project was to develop the on-shore live holding system for deep sea Atlantic Red Crab caught in off-shore Virginia waters. A live holding system makes crabs continuously available so that both export and domestic markets can develop.

Electronic Harvest Reporting Training And Outreach, Ken Smith

Reports

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 …

Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program 2013, Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program

Reports

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Market Development For Chesapeake Ray: Final Report, C.Meade Amory

Reports

During the past 4 years we have learned the best methods for handling and processing this product. Although we have not create the large market. We have been able to create a small market for the Chesapeake Ray, which we will be able to continue to service and slowly expand.

Protecting Juvenile Flounder From Becoming A Crab Pot By-Catch, Michael W. Joslin

Reports

This study was devised to research a possible solution to reduce the bycatch of juvenile flounder when using the conventional crab pot. An escape panel for the juvenile flounder was constructed and installed into 10 crab pots, known as "treated" pots.

To ascertain the validity of the project, 10 "untreated" pots were fished alternating with the 10 "treated" pots. On three rotations, of exactly the same number of days being fished, data was collected to determine if the panels were working as an escape for the juvenile flounder and if the panels had a impact on the number of crabs …

Observing Striped Bass Catch And Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch In A Striped Bass Fishery Using Raised Footlines In The Chesapeake Bay, George Earl Trice Iv

Reports

The project documented the catch of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) catch and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) bycatch of two different net configurations, a traditional anchored gill net and an experimental raised footline anchored gill net.

Testing The Applicability Of Commercial Electrofishing For Invasive Catfish In The James And York Rivers, George Earl Trice Iv

Reports

The project documented the effectiveness of commercially harvesting invasive Ictaurids in the James and York Rivers using low-frequency electrofishing. The two species harvested were blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) and flathead catfish (Pylodictisolivaris).

Direct Setting Of Eyed Larvae: In Situ Spat-On-Shell, Andrew Myles Cockrell

Reports

Experiments were conducted in hopes of developing techniques whereby an individual, with a minimum of equipment and labor, can utilize eyed larvae to profitably induce strike on appropriate oyster leases. The best-case scenario would be to utilize shell already present on the lease. Adding clean shell produced better results.