Monitoring of coastal shellfish resources, January - December 1983
Date
1985
Authors
Hammerschmidt, P.C.
Benefield, R.L.
Cody, T.J.
Fuls, B.E.
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Publisher
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branch
Abstract
Trends in relative abundance and size of brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus), white shrimp (P. setiferus), pink shrimp (P. duorarum) and blue crabs (Callinected sapidus) in Texas bay systems and the Gulf of Mexico were monitored during January-December 1983. Bag seines (18.3-m, 60-feet, long) were used to sample along shorelines of bays, 6.1-m wide otter trawls were used to sample water deeper than > 1.0 m 13.0 feet portion of bays and passes leading from the bays to the Gulf of Mexico, and 12.2-m (40-feet) wide trawls were used to sample Gulf waters.
Description
102 pgs.
Keywords
natural resources, shellfish fisheries, fishery management, fishery resources, fishery surveys, brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum, blue crab, Callinectes sapidus