Volume 65
Engineering Bycatch Reduction in St. Thomas Fisheries: Characterization of Bycatch from St. Thomas Fisheries
Authors
Olsen, D.A., R.L. Hill, and W.S. Arnold Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2012
Pages: 399 - 400
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Santa Marta
Country: Colombia
Abstract
National Standard 9 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [as Amended Through January 12, 2007 (Section 104-297)] states that Conservation and management measures shall, to the extent practicable, (A) minimize bycatch and (B) to the extent bycatch cannot be avoided, minimize the mortality of such bycatch. The current paper represents work by the St. Thomas Fishermens Association (STFA) to obtain detailed information on bycatch by means of observer trips, a direct trip ticket with local fishermen and port sampled trips by member fishermen. This work was conducted with partners such as MRAG Americas and NMFS and provides a detailed characterization of fisheries effort and bycatch for fisheries of the northern U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).