Utilization of finfishes caught incidental to shrimp trawling in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Part 1: Evaluation of markets.

dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH380.62 T4 B56en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorBlomo, V.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNichols, J.P.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:53:11Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:53:11Z
dc.date.issued1974en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description85 p.en_US
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dc.description.abstractThis study evaluates the nature of the markets potentially available for incidentally-caught trawl fish and estimates potential volumes which could be marketed. Identification of potential markets was accomplished by determining the magnitude and composition of trawl fish. Most trawl fish are less than one pound live weight and the majority of them belonged to the sciaenid family (black drum, croaker, and seatrouts); longspine porgy is the most numerous species. As yet there is no precise estimate on the amount of fish discarded in the Western Gulf of Mexico, but it lies somewhere between 52 and 368 million pounds. The common fishing concept of harvesting only prime species currently in demand and discarding the rest is a firmly established institutional pattern which hinders the development and utilization of other available species.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19673
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dc.locationTAMUG circulating collectionen_US
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dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texasen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1915.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesSea Grant Publ. TAMU-SG-74-212en_US
dc.subjectfishery managementen_US
dc.subjectfishery resourcesen_US
dc.subjectfishery statisticsen_US
dc.subjectfinfish fisheriesen_US
dc.subjecttrawlingen_US
dc.titleUtilization of finfishes caught incidental to shrimp trawling in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Part 1: Evaluation of markets.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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dc.vol-issueen_US

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