Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery

Concern about the decline of finfish stocks off the Northeast coast of the United States, bycatch associated with small mesh trawls used in the northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery has received a lot of attention from fishery managers. During the past several years, gear related techniques ha...

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Main Authors: Kenney, J F, Blott, A J, Nulk, V E
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1992
Subjects:
engineering
fishing
Gulf of Maine
mesh
Nordmore Grate
shrimp
northern shrimp
Pandalus borealis
Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_unpublished_works/126
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spelling ftunivmassamh:oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:fishpassage_unpublished_works-1125 2023-05-15T17:43:55+02:00 Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery Kenney, J F Blott, A J Nulk, V E 1992-01-01T08:00:00Z https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_unpublished_works/126 unknown ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_unpublished_works/126 Unpublished Works engineering fishing Gulf of Maine mesh Nordmore Grate shrimp text 1992 ftunivmassamh 2022-01-09T19:17:15Z Concern about the decline of finfish stocks off the Northeast coast of the United States, bycatch associated with small mesh trawls used in the northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery has received a lot of attention from fishery managers. During the past several years, gear related techniques have been investigated, and their performance evaluated with regard to bycatch reduction and shrimp retention. The Nordmore grate was found to be the most effective device evaluated. When properly installed in the gear it was successful in reducing bycatch by approx. 95% (by weight) without reducing shrimp catches. This work has prompted managers to require vessels fishing for northern shrimp to equip their trawls with a Nordmore grate as of April 1, 1992. Text northern shrimp Pandalus borealis University of Massachusetts: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
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topic engineering
fishing
Gulf of Maine
mesh
Nordmore Grate
shrimp
spellingShingle engineering
fishing
Gulf of Maine
mesh
Nordmore Grate
shrimp
Kenney, J F
Blott, A J
Nulk, V E
Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery
topic_facet engineering
fishing
Gulf of Maine
mesh
Nordmore Grate
shrimp
description Concern about the decline of finfish stocks off the Northeast coast of the United States, bycatch associated with small mesh trawls used in the northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery has received a lot of attention from fishery managers. During the past several years, gear related techniques have been investigated, and their performance evaluated with regard to bycatch reduction and shrimp retention. The Nordmore grate was found to be the most effective device evaluated. When properly installed in the gear it was successful in reducing bycatch by approx. 95% (by weight) without reducing shrimp catches. This work has prompted managers to require vessels fishing for northern shrimp to equip their trawls with a Nordmore grate as of April 1, 1992.
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author Kenney, J F
Blott, A J
Nulk, V E
author_facet Kenney, J F
Blott, A J
Nulk, V E
author_sort Kenney, J F
title Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery
title_short Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery
title_full Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery
title_fullStr Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery
title_full_unstemmed Experiments with a Nordmore Grate in the Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery
title_sort experiments with a nordmore grate in the gulf of maine shrimp fishery
publisher ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
publishDate 1992
url https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_unpublished_works/126
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Pandalus borealis
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Pandalus borealis
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