Gulf of Mexico shrimp resource research.

Date

1973

Authors

Caillouet, C.W., Jr.
Baxter, K.N.

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Abstract

The paper describes shrimp resource research presently being conducted by the Galveston Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service Gulf Coastal Fisheries Center. Discussed are plans for development of a mathematical model capable of explaining and prediction changes in shrimp catch, and on-going mark-recapture experiments, predictions of catch, stock indentification studies, and study of spawning grounds. Trends in Texas and Louisiana brown and white shrimp catch rates are presented.

Description

p. 21-24.

Keywords

research programs, penaeid shrimp, mathematical models, brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, catch/effort, catch statistics, shrimp fisheries, marking, spawning grounds

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