Design, Evolution, and Assessment of a Sea Turtle Deflector Dredge for the U.S. Northwest Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery: Impacts on Fish Bycatch

• Published in: North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Main Authors: Smolowitz, Ronald, Milliken, Henry O., Weeks, Matthew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Bedford; New Bedford; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2012.661386; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02755947.2012.661386

Abstract Between May 2006 and November 2009 we tested five sequential dredge modifications during 37 trips on 13 different sea scallop fishing vessels. The testing evaluated the impacts of these modifications on the catch of sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus , the bycatch of fish and sea turtles...