Effect of the salt-box catch-bycatch separation procedure, as used by the Texas shrimp industry, on short-term survival of bycatch.(Statistical Data Included)
From: Fishery Bulletin
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Date: 7/1/2001
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Author: Bumguardner, Britt W.; Colura, Robert L.
Abstract--Experiments were conducted to determine the effect of the salt-box catch-bycatch separation procedure, as used by the Texas shrimp industry, on short-term survival of bycatch. Bioassays were conducted on five economically important bycatch species: spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus); red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus); Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus); southern flounder (Paralichthyes lethostigma); and blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Red drum were most affected ...
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