A study of the Galveston Bay bait-shrimp fishery.
dc.acquisition-src | en_US | |
dc.call-no | SH380.62.U6 L3 1984 GBAY | en_US |
dc.contract-no | en_US | |
dc.contributor.author | Lamkin, J.T. | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | en_US | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-15T16:56:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-02-15T16:56:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1984 | en_US |
dc.degree | en_US | |
dc.description | 79 p., Thesis | en_US |
dc.description-other | en_US | |
dc.description.abstract | Ratios (calculated from both abundance and biomass) of shrimp: finfish and shrimp: invertebrates as well as the species composition of each component were determined from trawl samples taken aboard a commercial bait-shrimp vessel during July 1981 through June 1982. Monthly shrimp: finfish abundance ratios ranged from an average of 6.4:1 in July to 1.5:1 in December with the overall average of 3.2:1. Shrimp: finfish ratios were much higher than those reported for the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery. Shrimp: invertebrate ratios ranged from 7.0:1 in August to 61.5:1 in December, and averaged 12.5:1 during the study. The commercial bait-shrimp catch was dominated by brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) during May through early August and by white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) thereafter. Trends in total bait-shrimp catch recorded during this study were similar to those reported for the bait-shrimp fishery throughout Galveston Bay. Catch-per-unit-effort trends during the study differed seasonally and were much reduced in magnitude compared to those recorded for the Galveston Bay System. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm | en_US |
dc.geo-code | Galveston Bay | en_US |
dc.history | en_US | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20197 | |
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dc.location | GBIC Collection | en_US |
dc.longitude | en_US | |
dc.notes | en_US | |
dc.place | College Station, Texas | en_US |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University. | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2417.00 | en_US |
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dc.scale | en_US | |
dc.series | en_US | |
dc.subject | finfish | en_US |
dc.subject | trawl nets | en_US |
dc.subject | shrimp fisheries | en_US |
dc.subject | catch statistics | en_US |
dc.subject | brown shrimp | en_US |
dc.subject | Penaeus aztecus | en_US |
dc.subject | Penaeus setiferus | en_US |
dc.subject | white shrimp | en_US |
dc.title | A study of the Galveston Bay bait-shrimp fishery. | en_US |
dc.type | Book | en_US |
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