Comparative study of a bottom-set gillnet designed to reduce sea turtle bycatch in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Monkfish gillnet fishery

Galvez, B.A.; Matzen, E.; Milliken, H.O.; Keane, E.; Upite, C.

doi:10.25923/99qn-5b33

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Comparative study of a bottom-set gillnet designed to reduce sea turtle bycatch in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Monkfish gillnet fishery

2022
By Galvez, B.A. ; Matzen, E. ; Milliken, H.O. ; ...
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NE 282

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Personal Author:

Galvez, B.A. ; Matzen, E. ; Milliken, H.O. ; Keane, E. ; Upite, C.
Corporate Authors:

Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) ; GARF (Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries)
Description:

In this study, we compare the difference in turtle catch between a low-profile (experimental) gillnet and a standard (control) gillnet that is typically used in the monkfish fishery. This study was conducted off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina from mid-February to mid-March 2021.
Keywords:

Bycatches Gillnetting Sea Turtles Sea Turtles
Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NE 282
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/99qn-5b33
Document Type:

Technical Memorandum
Place as Subject:

Mid-Atlantic Bight ; United States
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Public Domain
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Submitted
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urn:sha256:63b75613820b3bc76607839f5a59e345d37d16b8c51523887de314326556832c
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/34050/noaa_34050_DS1.pdf
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