Commercial catch sampling and bycatch survey of two pelagic fisheries

Details

• Personal Author:
  Becker, James
• Corporate Authors:
  Maine. Department of Marine Resources
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  The Atlantic herring is one of the most biologically and economically important species in the Gulf of Maine. Herring are oceanic plankton-feeding fish that occur in large schools, and inhabit coastal and continental shelf waters and are widely distributed from Labrador to Cape Hatteras. Adults (age 3+) migrate south from summer/fall spawning grounds in the Gulf of Maine to overwinter off southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. Important commercial fisheries for juvenile herring (ages 1 to 2) have existed since the last century along the coasts of Maine and New Brunswick up until the mid 1980’s. Development of large-scale fisheries for adult herring is comparatively recent, primarily occurring in the Gulf of Maine, on Georges Bank, and in southern New England and Mid-Atlantic waters. Herring are an important food source for many species of fish, mammals, and seabirds. Commercial landings are currently around 200 million pounds annually with 60 % going to the lobster bait market and 40 % to the canneries.
• Publisher:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA06NMF4740135
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Atlantic Coast (New England)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/73361/noaa_73361_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 304.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
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