Selectivity Of Two Commercial Dredges Fished In The Northwest Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery

• Published in: Journal of Shellfish Research
• Main Authors: Roman, Sally, Rudders, David
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2019
• Subjects: selectivity; Placopecten magellanicus; sea scallop dredge fishery; New Bedford style dredge; Coonamessett Turtle Deflector Dredge; Fisheries Science Peer-Reviewed Articles; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Bedford; New Bedford; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1818; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/2819/viewcontent/Roman_Rudders_JSR_Selectivity_two_commercial_dredges.pdf

Size selectivity curves were estimated for two commercial dredge configurations used in the United States Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) fishery. Traditionally, the New Bedford Style dredge (New Bedford dredge) has been used by the commercial fleet; however, since 2013, the Coonames...