Blue Crab target setting: final report
We have developed a hierarchy of target levels, designated to address sustainability, efficiency, and recovery scenarios. Targets were derived from: 1) reported catches and effort in the commercial fishery, 2) statistics from fishery-independent surveys, and 3) knowledge of the biology of blue crab. Targets that are recommended include population sizes, catches, and effort levels, as well as reference fishing mortality rates. They are intended to be conservative and risk-averse. (PDF contains 182 pages)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
1999
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| Subjects: | Conservation, Ecology, Management, Fisheries, Blue crab, sustainability, efficiency, survey, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20697 |
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| Summary: | We have developed a hierarchy of target levels, designated to address sustainability, efficiency, and recovery scenarios. Targets were derived from: 1) reported catches and effort in the commercial fishery, 2) statistics from fishery-independent surveys, and 3) knowledge of the biology of blue crab. Targets that are recommended include population sizes, catches, and effort levels, as well as reference fishing mortality rates. They are intended to be conservative and risk-averse. (PDF contains 182 pages) |
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