Assessment of the Sink Net Fishery Along North Carolina's Outer Banks, Fall 1982 Through Spring 1987, with Notes on Other Coastal Gill Net FisheriesNorth Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries, 1989 - Fishing - 54 pages |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
RESULTS | 7 |
Anchored and Floating Gill Nets and Gear Comparisons | 15 |
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1982 through April 1982 through Spring Alosa mediocris Alosa sapidissima Annual commercial landings Atlantic croaker Avon Rocks bluefish catches boats Brevoortia tyrannus Cape Hatteras Cape Hatteras Table Carteret County catches of large catches sampled catches were sampled COMMERCIAL LANDINGS Kg crews Cynoscion nebulosus Cynoscion regalis Dare and Carteret Dare County declined Diamond Shoals dominated catches Euthynnus alletteratus finfish landings fish wt fishing effort fishing seasons gill net catches gill net fisheries gill net landings Hatteras Bight increased Kg x 10³ king mackerel landings of bluefish large bluefish large weakfish limited entry Lophius americanus Menticirrhus americanus Micropogonias undulatus Mustelus canis North Carolina north of Cape ocean gill Outer Banks Peprilus triacanthus Percent kg Pomatomus saltatrix Pound Ross Scomber scombrus Sink Anchored sink net catches sink net fishery sink net landings Sink Sink striped bass vessels Wanchese weakfish and bluefish Weight kg Weight percent Weight Value wt CPUE