Effect of a Terrapin Excluder Device on Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Trap Catches


Autoria(s): Guillory, Vincent; Prejean, Paul
Data(s)

1998

Resumo

Mortality of diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, in blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, traps has become a controversial bycatch issue in some areas. Traps with turtle excluder devices (TED’s) had increased sublegal (14.5%), legal (32.9%), and total (25.7%) blue crab catch per trap day (CPUE). There were statistically significant differences between total (P=0.0202) and legal (0.0174) CPUE for standard traps and traps with TED’s. The increased catch rates of blue crabs in traps with TED’s may be due to decreased escapement through the entrance f

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http://aquaticcommons.org/9808/1/mfr6015.pdf

Guillory, Vincent and Prejean, Paul (1998) Effect of a Terrapin Excluder Device on Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Trap Catches. Marine Fisheries Review, 60(1), pp. 38-40.

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en

Relação

http://aquaticcommons.org/9808/

http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr601/mfr6015.pdf

Palavras-Chave #Biology #Ecology #Fisheries #Management
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Article

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