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Proceedings Of The Fisheries Conservation Engineering Workshop Held At The University Of Rhode Island Bay Campus, Narragansett, Rhode Island, April 4-5, 1990 /
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1991
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Description:Marine fishery resources in the U.S. are experiencing record levels of exploitation, and many fish stocks are depressed to record low levels. Resource managers face the difficult task of rebuilding the fish stocks while maintaining a viable commercial fishery. Fish mortality must be reduced, and this can only be achieved with a reduction in fishing effort and an improvement in the species- and size-selectivity of fishing gear; in addition, bycatch of nontarget species must be reduced. Conservation engineering--the design of fishing gear that minimizes the negative impact of the harvesting process has the potential of realizing some reduction in fishing mortality without requiring a reduction in fishing effort. Papers included here are the result of a workshop at which fisheries biologists and fishing gear technologists met to review recent progress in various aspects of their research related to conservation engineering.
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Sea Grant Document Number:RIU-W-90-002
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