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Allocating Yellowfin Tuna Between the Multispecies Purse Seine and Longline Fleets [PDF]
Yellowfin tuna in the western Pacific are harvested as juveniles by purse seiners and as adults by longliners. The study presents estimates of the multi-species harvest technology of these two types of vessel operating in Papua New Guinea's Exclusive ...
Campbell, Harry F., Nicholl, R.B.
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Hookpod-mini: a smaller potential solution to mitigate seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries
Hookpods are an emerging technology designed to reduce seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries. Hookpod-minis were trialled in the New Zealand surface longline fishery in 2016-2017 during short-term experimental (20 longline sets) and longer-term ...
Goad, D, Debski, I, Potts, J
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ABSTRACT When empirical bycatch data are limited, risk‐based assessments offer a valuable tool for identifying areas where marine mammals and fisheries are most likely to interact. The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is among the most vulnerable to incidental capture in gillnet fisheries.
Tiffany Goh +4 more
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INCORPORATING STOCHASTIC HARVESTS INTO AN ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION: THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO PELAGIC LONGLINE FLEET [PDF]
Vessel operators maximize expected utility indirectly through cost-minimizing production decisions subject to stochastic harvests. Data on the Atlantic longline fleet, available from NMFS logbooks, is used for the empirical analysis.
Taylor, Timothy G. +2 more
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Fishing entity enforcement in high seas fisheries [PDF]
The 1995 UNFSA creates a door for fishing entities’ participation in conservation and management regimes regarding straddling and highly migratory fish stocks through separate RFMOs.
Chen, Ying-Ting
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ABSTRACT The bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) is classified as ‘Near Threatened’ at a global level but currently holds a ‘Least Concern’ status in the Mediterranean Sea, despite increasing fishing pressure and insufficient data. This study presents the first comprehensive stock assessment of H. griseus in north‐eastern Tunisia (GFCM GSA 13),
Sami Mili +3 more
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Are Fishermen Rational? A Fishing Expedition [PDF]
Uncertainty is a defining characteristic of fisheries. Fishermen make decisions affecting their livelihood daily and even hourly, often with scant information on which to evaluate alternatives. Cognitive psychologists and behavioral economists have shown
Holland, Daniel S.
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Total Numbers and Movements of Photo‐Identified Subantarctic (Type D) Killer Whales
ABSTRACT The distinctive Subantarctic (Type D) killer whale (DKW) (Orcinus orca) is a highly divergent and apparently inbred form previously known only from three mass strandings and several dozen at‐sea sightings, primarily from Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) longline vessels in the southern Indian Ocean and from tourism vessels in ...
Jared R. Towers +6 more
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Fishing Location decisions in the Chilean-Transzonal Jack Mackerel Fishery [PDF]
This study examines factors conditioning the fishing location decisions of the Chilean fleet operating in the South-east Pacific straddling jack mackerel fishery, considering voyage data for the1987-2004 period.
Julio Peña Torres, Mabyr Valderrama
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Bottom Vertical Longline Fishing [PDF]
The Bottom Vertical Longline setting the main line close to the bottom and connecting it to branch lines that extend further to several hook lines, these branch lines have an appearance similar to vertical lines.
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