Smooth Bottom Net Trawl Fishing Gear Effect on - New England ...

Results of 2002 REMOTS Surveys to Evaluate the <strong>Effect</strong>s
of <strong>Trawl</strong>ing on Soft-<strong>Bottom</strong> Habitat in Massachusetts Bay
Figure 3.5-5. Time series of representative REMOTS images from Mud Hole trawl station 3A illustrating the continued persistence
through time of Stage I polychaete tubes at the sediment surface and a well-developed RPD, despite intensive
trawling following the August survey.
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