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Milliken, Henry O. ; Belskis, Lisa C. ; DuPaul, William D. ; Gearhart, Jeff ; Haas, Heather ; ... More +
Milliken, Henry O. ; Belskis, Lisa C. ; DuPaul, William D. ; Gearhart, Jeff ; Haas, Heather ; Mitchell, John F. ; Smolowitz, Ron ; Teas, Wendy G. ; Less -
Corporate Authors:
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ;
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) ;
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) ; Less -
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In 2003 and 2004 the scallop industry, Coonamessett Farm, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Fisheries, with funding from the NOAA Fisheries Service, successfully tested a series of chains that excluded turtles from entering the dredge bag. After further consultation with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center and with additional funding, Coonamessett Farm was awarded a contract to redesign the dredge frame to reduce the probability of a turtle on the seafloor going under the dredge frame. In collaboration with the Harvesting Systems and Engineering Branch of NOAA Fisheries Service, divers videoed the results of placing turtle carcasses in the path of a modified scallop dredge. Twelve trials were completed, and turtle carcasses went over the dredge in all but three trials. Damage was assessed as "slight or none" in all valid assessments of damage to a carcass following an encounter.
Content Notes:
by Henry O. Milliken, Lisa Belskis, William DuPaul, Jeff Gearhart, Heather Haas, John Mitchell, Ron Smolowitz, and Wendy Teas "April 2007." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (page 6).
Keywords:
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Bycatches (Fisheries)
Conservation
Dredging (Fisheries)
Effect Of Dredging On
Equipment And Supplies
Evaluation
Loggerhead Turtle
Marine Resources Conservation
Prevention
Turtle Excluder Devices

Series:
Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 07-07;
Document Type:
Miscellaneous ;
Place as Subject:
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) ;
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Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:58acf40beaff7cf2f575022448def5c91f0e448f11192b441592e46ef6fbde76
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