Developing a Cooperative Research Agenda for Maine�s Commercial Fisheries
Maine Policy Review, 2000 This past year the Maine Department of Marine Resources sponsored a unique series of meetings involving fishermen, academic and government scientists, and fishery managers. The goal was to define a shared research agenda for Maine’s marine fisheries. Robin Alden and Linda Mercer summarize the results of these meetings.
Alden, Robin, Mercer, Linda
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Social benefits of restoring historical ecosystems and fisheries: alewives in Maine [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2015 Restoration of coastal ecosystems provides opportunities to simultaneously restore historical fisheries and ancillary ecosystem and social benefits that were historically derived from functioning ecosystems. In Maine, dam removal and other ecosystem restoration efforts have positively impacted anadromous fish, with local populations of alewives (Alosa ...
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FACETSThe Gulf of Maine in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean is one of the world’s fastest warming marine regions. Changes in ocean conditions are affecting growth, survival, and distribution of American lobster ( Homarus americanus), which supports iconic fisheries along the coast of Maine, USA.
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Gulf of Maine seals - fisheries interactions and integrated research : final report [PDF]
, 2011 Meeting held: October 28, 2011, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA. Sponsored by the Marine Mammal Center at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Provincetown Center for Coastal ...
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Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, distribution in the Gulf of Maine, USA: observations from fisheries independent and dependent catch data. [PDF]
PeerJThe Gulf of Maine (GoM) is one of the fastest-warming parts of the world’s oceans. Some species’ distributional shifts have already been documented, especially for commercially-important species.
Fairchild EA, Wulfing S, White ER.
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Fishery-Scale Discard Mortality Rate Estimate for Haddock in the Gulf of Maine Recreational Fishery [PDF]
North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 2019 Abstract Empirical discard mortality rate estimates are vital to both stock assessments and fishery management, especially for stocks that experience high discard rates, such as in the recreational rod-and-reel fishery for Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus in the Gulf of Maine.
Connor W. Capizzano +8 more
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Economic Impact of Northern Lobster Fishery in Maine
, 1971 Penn, Erwin S., Penn, Erwin S.
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The precursors of governance in the Maine lobster fishery [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007 Collective action is more likely to occur and to be effective when it is consistent with the self-interest of the affected individuals. The Maine lobster fishery is an instructive example of biological and technological circumstances combining with individual self-interest to create conditions favorable to collective action. The model describes the way
James, Wilson, Liying, Yan, Carl, Wilson
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Examining the presence and effects of coherence and fragmentation in the Gulf of Maine fishery management network. [PDF]
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Forecasting the Seasonal Timing of Maine's Lobster Fishery [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 The fishery for American lobster is currently the highest-valued commercial fishery in the United States, worth over US$620 million in dockside value in 2015. During a marine heat wave in 2012, the fishery was disrupted by the early warming of spring ocean temperatures and subsequent influx of lobster landings.
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