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This report summarizes the findings of a two day workshop required by
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to review the current
definitions of overfishing; recommend changes, if needed, to the current
definitions of overfishing; and recommend action that might be taken if
overfishing levels are surpassed in any of these stocks for three of the four
shrimp species named in the fishery management plan.
Nance, James M. (1993). "Review of the Rock Shrimp Fishery off the East
Coast of the United States." NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-
SEFSC-324, Galveston Laboratory, Southeast Fisheries Science
Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, April, 18 pp.
The report summarizes the landings and effort data for south Atlantic
rock shrimp from 1981 through 1991. Although several species of rock shrimp
exist along the east coast of the United States, most are either too small in
size or not abundant enough for commercial harvest. The majority of the rock
shrimp landed from the east coast are Sicyonia brevirostris. The weights
reported are in pounds of headed shrimp. The dollar values are in actual
dollars reported in each year. No attempt has been made to standardize the
dollar values reported in each year. No attempt has been made to standardize
the dollar values for comparisons between years. The effort values are in
days fished as reported by the NMFS and state port agents. Days fished
represent the actual time fishing and not the length of a trip (i.e., days out
of port). No attempt has been made to standardize the effort data by vessel
class or trawl type.
Nance, James M. (1993). "Biological Review of the 1992 Texas Closure."
NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFSC-325, Galveston Laboratory,
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Department of Commerce, April, 30 pp.
This report contains an overview of selected effects of the 1992 Texas
Closure that is designed to increase the yield of brown shrimp and eliminate
the waste of the resource caused by discarding undersized shrimp caught during
a period in their life cycle when they are growing rapidly. The western Gulf
of Mexico should experience a combined annual brown shrimp production level of
between 44.9 and 55.4 million pounds during the 1992-1993 season. This
estimate is below the 55.9 million pound average for the area.
Nance, James M. (1993). "Shrimp Trawl Bycatch Characterization Study."
MARFIN Final Report, Grant Number 93NMFS20, December, 10 pp.
Sixty seven trips have been completed for this bycatch research project
during the period from May 1992 through September 1993. Trip length varied
from 1 to 27 days. A total of 770 sea days were used to collect the data from
1027 tows during these 67 trips. Thirty nine different vessels have been used
in the study. Data files produced from all 67 trips are complete and archived
in the computer. Only data collected from May 1992 through April 1993 in the
Gulf of Mexico has been summarized (i.e. species composition).
Nance, James M. (1993). "Council Effort Presentation." Memorandum for
Andy Kemmerer, Regional Director, Southeast Regional Office,
National Marine Fisheries Service, St. Petersburg, FL, November.
Copies of the visual material that may be included in the SEFSC
presentation to the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council on shrimp
fishing effort estimation.
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