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zones, fishing methods, and all species in their respective catches. Response
rate (i.e., weekly submission of logs) was 90.4 percent for all boat fishing
weeks between 28 March and 31 December 1982. The potential use of this type
of recreational data is discussed.
Bryan, C.E. (1983). "Abundance of Brown Shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) as
Related to the 1982 Closure of the Texas Territorial Sea to
Shrimping." Management Data Series Number 52, Coastal Fisheries
Branch, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
To determine the closing and opening dates of the shrimping season in
the Texas territorial sea in 1982 and relative abundance of brown shrimp in
1981 and 1982, samples were taken with 18.3 m bag seines along shorelines of
seven bay systems; with 6.1 m trawls in the deeper portions of three bay
systems and in five passes leading from the bays to the Gulf; and with 12.2 m
trawls in Gulf of Mexico waters off the central coast. The purpose of the
closed season was to protect small shrimp from fishing until they reached a
larger, more valuable size and to minimize waste caused by discarding smaller
sizes during the harvest. Based on biological sampling in April the closed
season dates were set for 25 May to 14 July 1982. Additional sampling through
July verified that these dates were appropriate to accomplish the purpose of
the closure.
Bryan, C.E. and Terry J. Cody (1975). "Discarding of Shrimp and
Associated Organisms on the Texas Brown Shrimp (Penaeus Aztecus
Ives) Grounds." Draft report, Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department.
From June 1973 through June 1975, the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department took 89 samples with the commercial shrimping fleet in the
northwestern Gulf of Mexico to provide more information on the discarding of
shrimp and associated organisms in the Texas brown shrimp fishery. Shrimp
discards averaged 40% by number and 26% by weight in 1973 and 37% by number
and 22% by weight in 1974 samples. Most of the shrimp discarding took place
in June, July, and August. Using the average yearly landings of brown shrimp
for the last nine years, an estimated 14.9 million kilograms (32.8 million
pounds) of small shrimp and 116 million kilograms (255 million pounds) of
associated organisms were discarded per year. Comparisons of catch rates for
various types of trawls is also discussed.
Bryan, C.E., Terry J. Cody, and Gary C. Matlock (1982). "Organisms
Captured by the Commercial Shrimp Fleet." Technical Series No. 31,
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
During June-December 1973 and 1974, 81 samples were collected with a
13.7 m. wide otter trawls from aboard a research vessel in the same areas that
commercial shrimp vessels were fishing on the Texas brown shrimp grounds.
This study was done to estimate the amounts and kinds of organisms captured
during shrimping operations and to estimate the amounts discarded and times
when most discarding occurred. Economic waste of small shrimp discarding
could be minimized if legal size limitations were removed and waters were
closed to shrimping when small, less preferred shrimp predominated. Under
present conditions, no monetary incentive to market other invertebrates and
fish species captured on the brown shrimp grounds appears to exist because of
their relatively low volume and small size.
Buchanan, Chester C., Richard B. Stone, and Frank W. Steimle (1988).
"Marine Recreational Boat Fishery of the New York Bight Apex in
1971." Marine Fisheries Review, 50(2):6-19.
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