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prompted an evaluation of diversifying the scope of fishing activities. This
report first develops economic criteria the vessel owner can use to determine
the profitability of any additional investment including the advisability of
borrowing additional investment funds. Secondly, with financing for
diversification from public and/or private sources being likely, economic
criteria will be developed so that funds from these sources are loaned out and
committed with minimal risk and with a high degree of accountability to the
public for public funds.
Blomo, Vito J. and James E. Easley (1983). "Awareness Program for
Shrimp Harvesters as to the Uses of Various By-Catch, The On-Going
Development of the Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Information
Program." Report IV in Assessment of Shrimp Industry Potentials
and Conflicts, Volume II, Shrimp Notes Incorporated, 417 Eliza
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, August, 23 pp.
The purpose of this report is to discuss alternatives for an awareness
program for shrimp fishermen regarding bycatch utilization. Bycatch reduction
of undesirable sizes and species is an integral part of the problem, hence is
also addressed. The first section below briefly summarizes recent information
on bycatch, its utilization and problems surrounding bycatch utilization. The
second section discusses possible objectives of an awareness program and types
of information that would be required. The third section then addresses
strategies that might be pursued in terms of vehicles for conducting an
awareness program. The next section discusses possible content and delivery
methods for a Turtle Excluder Device (TED) information program. As such, it
emphasizes bycatch reduction. The last section then discusses techniques for
monitoring the effectiveness of an awareness program. Monitoring will be
important to future decisions concerning whether to continue such a program.
Blomo, Vito J. and Wade L. Griffin (1978). "Costs and Returns Data:
Florida-Based Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Trawlers, 1977." TAMU-SG-79-
604, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, October, 33 pp.
This report summarizes estimates of costs and returns for vessels of
different characteristics that anchor in Florida and trawl in the Gulf of
Mexico. Data for the calendar year 1977 were collected from vessel owners.
Results are presented in self explanatory tables. No attempt is made to draw
inferences or discuss implications of trends, or relationships that may be
apparent in the data. The file also contains a June, 1978 draft final report
to NMFS.
Blomo, Vito J. and John P. Nichols (1974). "Utilization of Finfishes
Caught Incidental to Shrimp Trawling in the Western Gulf of
Mexico, Part I: Evaluation of Markets." Department of
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, June, 85 pp.
Discarded trawl fish can be processed into fish meal, fish solubles,
fish oil, pet food, and various forms of seafood. This study evaluates the
nature of the markets potentially available for trawl fish and estimates
potential volumes that could be marketed through these channels. Price
flexibilities were estimated for each market to evaluate impact of increased
supplies on price. Based on these estimated relationships, current market
conditions and the availability of trawl fish in the Western Gulf of Mexico,
potential volumes that could move through each market were determined. For
example, the total catch of trawl fish by shrimpers of 368 million pounds
could move through the reduction market with only a negligible effect on
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