Estimates of cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2006 Northeast sink gillnet and Mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fisheries

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• Alternative Title:
  Cetacean and pinniped bycatch in the 2006 Northeast sink gillnet and Mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fisheries
• Personal Author:
  Belden, Dana L. ; Orphanides, Christopher
• Corporate Authors:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  "This report provides incidental take estimates for six marine mammal species taken in the 2006 Northeast Sink Gillnet (NESG) and Mid-Atlantic Coastal Gillnet (MACG) fisheries and documents the methodology used to produce the estimates. For the NESG fishery, the estimated take was 20 common dolphins (CV = 105%), 514 harbor porpoises (CV = 31 %), 41 Atlantic white-sided dolphins (CV = 71%), 248 gray seals (CV = 47%), 87 harbor seals (CV = 58%), and 65 harp seals (CV = 66%). For the MACG fishery, the estimated 2006 takes was 512 harbor porpoises (CV = 32%), 11 common dolphins (CV = 103%), and 26 harbor seals (CV = 98%)"--Document's home page.
• Content Notes:
  by Dana L. Belden and Christopher D. Orphanides.
  
  "December 2007."
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Bycatches (Fisheries) Cetacea Dolphins Marine Resources Conservation Mortality Pinnipedia Porpoises Seals (Animals) Marine Resources Conservation
• Series:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document   07-20
• Document Type:
  Reference Document
• Place as Subject:
  Atlantic Coast (New England) ; Atlantic Coast (Middle Atlantic States)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0be7fa0006c67ee302778dc47181179a2a2ec930631fa7c244cace3ecb2812f911dd54ca10ac3a41e3f58042d94884374fb4c4d784089f27f8fc118ea97d6d53
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/3527/noaa_3527_DS1.pdf
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