Blue Tiger Leader February 2015 Issue

Blue Tiger Leader is published twice during each semester by the Lincoln University (MO) Army ROTC Blue Tiger Battalion.

Blue Tiger Leader April 2015 Issue

Blue Tiger Leader is published twice during each semester by the Lincoln University (MO) Army ROTC Blue Tiger Battalion.

Blue Tiger Leader September 2015 Issue

Blue Tiger Leader is published twice during each semester by the Lincoln University (MO) Army ROTC Blue Tiger Battalion.

Blue Tiger Commons: what it can do for you?

Presentation given to Faculty Senate on April 30, 2015.

Blue Tiger Commons Bookmarks

Bookmarks for Blue Tiger Commons

Characteristics of Shark Bycatch Observed on Pelagic Longlines off the Southeastern United States, 1992–2000

Data collected by fisheries observers aboard U.S. pelagic longline vessels were examined to quantify and describe elasmobranch bycatch off the southeastern U.S. coast (lat. 22°–35°N, long. 71°–82°W). From 1992 to 2000, 961 individual longline hauls were observed, during which 4,612 elasmobranchs (15% of the total catch) were documented. Of the 22 elasmobranch species observed, silky sharks, Carcharhinus falciformis, were numerically dominant (31.4% of the elasmobranch catch). The catch status of the animals (alive or dead) when the gear was retrieved varied widely depending on the species, with high mortalities seen for the commonly caught silky and night, C. signatus, sharks and low mortalities for rays (Dasyatidae and Mobulidae), blue, Prionace glauca; and tiger, Galeocerdo cuvier; sharks. Discard percentages also varied, ranging from low discards (27.6%) for shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, to high discards for blue (99.8%), tiger (98.5%), and rays (100%). Mean fork lengths indicated the majority of the observed by-catch — regardless of species — was immature, and significant quarterly variation in fork length was found for several species including silky; dusky, C. obscurus; night; scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini; oceanic whitetip, C. longimanus; and sandbar, C. plumbeus; sharks. While sex ratios overall were relatively even, blue, tiger, and scalloped hammerhead shark catches were heavily dominated by females. Bootstrap methods were used to generate yearly mean catch rates (catch per unit effort) and 95% confidence limits; catch rates were generally variable for most species, although regression analysis indicated significant trends for night, oceanic whitetip, and sandbar sharks. Analysis of variance indicated significant catch rate differences among quarters for silky, dusky, night, blue, oceanic whitetip, sandbar, and shortfin mako sharks.

Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife September 29 1865

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy from Brownsville, Texas on September 29, 1865

Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife June 4 1865

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy from Brownsville, Texas on June 4 1865.

Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife Sept 3 1865

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy from Brownsville, Texas on Sept 3 1865.

Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife September 14 1863

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy from St. Louis on September 14, 1863.

Inside The Page Fall 2006 issue

Page Library Newsletter Fall 2006 issue

Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife (October 4, 1865?)

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy one month after he submitted his request to be discharged from service.

Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife March 12 1865

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy from Brazos Santiago, Texas on March 12, 1865

Daniel Foster Letter to Richard Baxter Foster May 11, 1863

Daniel Foster's letter to his brother Richard Baxter Foster from Camp of the 33rd Miss. Vol. near Aquin Creek, Virginia on May 11, 1863.

Richard Baxter Foster Letter to his wife May 24, 1865

Letter from Richard Baxter Foster to his wife Lucy from Brazos Santiago, Texas on May 24, 1865