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Policy On The Application Of Fish Size Limits In Western Australia, Department Of Fisheries
Policy On The Application Of Fish Size Limits In Western Australia, Department Of Fisheries
Fisheries management papers
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Double-Crested Cormorants, Brian S. Dorr, Kristi L. Sullivan, Paul D. Curtis, Richard Chipman, Russell D. Mccullough
Double-Crested Cormorants, Brian S. Dorr, Kristi L. Sullivan, Paul D. Curtis, Richard Chipman, Russell D. Mccullough
Wildlife Damage Management Technical Series
The history of conflict between double-crested cormorants (Figure 1) and human interest in fisheries is long and convoluted. Following a low point in the 1970s, populations of cormorants expanded in North America, as did concerns about impacts on fisheries. By the late 1990s, natural resource agencies in 27 states reported losses of free-ranging fish stocks to cormorants. Agencies in 10 states, ranging from the Southwest to the Northeast, considered cormorant predation to be of moderate to major concern to fishery management.
Overall, double-crested cormorants are not major consumers of commercial and sportfish species. However, exceptions have been recorded at specific …
Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery, Department Of Fisheries
Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery, Department Of Fisheries
Fisheries occasional publications
An operators’ guide to the management arrangements 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2016.