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Wildlife Management.
Due to world wide declines in sea turtle populations, efforts are being
made to mitigate effects on humans on turtle mortality. This paper shows
conservation efforts can be interpreted only with population monitoring and an
understanding of population dynamics. The example used investigates whether
we can detect changes in nesting turtle numbers from reduced turtle mortality
through use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) on shrimp trawls. An age
specific model of the Little Cumberland Island, Georgia population of
loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta), concludes that the two largest sources of
uncertainty, unknown age of first reproduction (AFR) and unknown history of
survival rate changes, have large effects on future population trajectories.
Unless estimates of AFR are improved, it will be impossible to interpret the
effect of TED use in the next decade. Models must account for population
history. Use of time invariant survival rates leads to overestimation of our
ability to detect the effect of TED use. Caution is advised when interpreting
results obtained form equations that use only population size, particularly
when data represent a portion of the population.
Taylor, David L. (1979). "Preliminary Stock Assessment, North Carolina:
Rock Shrimp (Sicyonia brevirostris)." North Carolina Department
of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Marine
Fisheries, Morehead City, NC, December, 19 pp.
During October, 1979, the R/V Dan Moore utilized a conventional shrimp
trawl at 22 locations offshore North Carolina from south of Cape Hatteras to
southwest of Cape Fear in search of rock shrimp. Data were compiled on
distribution, relative abundance, size and sex composition, and cull rates.
Rock shrimp were found to be more abundant in Long Bay than in Onslow and
Raleigh Bays, and it was evident that catches decreased in numbers as latitude
increased. Although the vast majority (94.8%) of rock shrimp captured were of
commercial size, nowhere were they located in commercially significant
concentrations. Males averaged slightly smaller in total length than females
and females became more numerous than males in the larger size categories.
Sex ratio did not vary significantly from 1:1.
Taylor, Keri H., Fred J. Prochaska, and James C. Cato (1982). "Economic
Returns in Operating Florida Atlantic Coast Charter and Party
Boats, 1980-81." Sea Grant Project No. R/L-1, Grant No. NA80AA-D-
00038, Marine Advisory Bulletin MAP-28, Florida Sea Grant College
Program, August, 15 pp.
This bulletin attempts to provide individual charter boat and party boat
owners/captains with basic economic information with which they can compare
their own operations and compare the economic characteristics of the charter
boat industry on the north and south Florida Atlantic coasts. This has been
accomplished by providing a description of the general characteristics of
charter boats and party boats in the fleet, an analysis of fishing activity
and costs and returns, and a comparison of the differences in charter boat
operations between north and south Florida.
Taylor, C. Robert (1984). "Stochastic Dynamic Duality: Theory and
Empirical Applicability." American Journal of Agricultural
Economics, 66(3):351-357.
This paper explores duality relationships for a broad class of
stochastic dynamic production problems. Assuming that the decision maker
maximizes the expected present value of profit, it is shown that product
supply, negative factor demand, and negative quasifixed factor acquisition
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