Evaluating the flexibility of a reflex action mortality predictor to determine bycatch mortality rates: A case study of Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) bycaught in Alaska bottom trawls

• Main Authors: Yochum, Noëlle, Rose, Craig S., Hammond, Carwyn F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; The Ramp; Alaska; Chionoecetes bairdi; Tanner crab
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/tb09j7441

To quantify total fishing mortality it is necessary to incorporate mortality rates attributed to bycatch, including animals that are discarded and that interact with the gear without being caught. The Reflex Action Mortality Predictor (RAMP) approach has been increasingly used to determine bycatch m...