Effect of a Terrapin Excluder Device on Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Trap Catches
Mortality of diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, in blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, traps has become a controversial bycatch issue in some areas.Traps with turtle excluder devices (TED’s) had increased sublegal (14.5%), legal (32.9%), and total (25.7%) blue crabcatch per trap day (CPUE). There were statisticallysignificant differences between total (P=0.0202) and legal (0.0174) CPUE for standard traps and traps with TED’s. The increased catch rates of blue crabs in traps with TED’s may be due to decreased escapement through the entrance f
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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| Subjects: | Biology, Ecology, Fisheries, Management, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26432 |
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