Evaluating Sponge Encounter Thresholds through GIS Simulation of the Commercial Groundfish Fishery in the NAFO Regulatory Area

• Main Authors: Cogswell, Andrew, Kenchington, Ellen, Lirette, Camille, Brodie, Bill, Campanis, George, Cuff, A., Pérez, A., Kenny, A., Ollerhead, Neil, Sacau-Cuadrado, María del Mar, Wareham, Vonda
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Toset; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/2836; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/327835

This report utilizes a geographic information systems (GIS) modelling approach to simulate commercial groundfish trawling sponge by-catch in lieu of actual commercial observations within the confines of current management restrictions to fishing within the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization R...