An extensive area in Bristol Bay, Alaska, was proposed as a no-trawling zone to protect red king crab habitat from potential impacts. The Bristol Bay red king crab stock has remained at low abundance levels since a stock collapse in 1980. A literature review indicated that the proposed area encompassed all available habitat essential for red king crab juveniles of this stock. Published studies ...

Section 2, at the Fisheries Laboratory at Lowestoft. He is co-chairman of the Channel Fisheries Study Group through which English, French and Channel Isles scientists are investigating the nature and activities of fishing fleets, and the fish and shellfish resource populations they exploit, in the English Channel. The contributions of members of the Study Group to this Laboratory Leaflet are de...

  Using a semi-balloon otter trawl, crab fisheries in the main bays of Guangdong Province, China, were carried out seasonally . A total of 70 species were found, all belonging to the South China Sea Faunal sub region in the tropical India-West-Pacific Faunal Region. The clustering and nMDS ordination analysis revealed the existence of three groups. Group 1 included Hailing Bay and four bays to ...

  Using a semi-balloon otter trawl, crab fisheries in the main bays of Guangdong Province, China, were carried out seasonally . A total of 70 species were found, all belonging to the South China Sea Faunal sub region in the tropical India-West-Pacific Faunal Region. The clustering and nMDS ordination analysis revealed the existence of three groups. Group 1 included Hailing Bay and four bays to ...

Recent calls for the development of ecosystem-based fisheries management compel the development of resource management tools and linkages between existing fisheries management tools and other resource tools to enable assessment and management of multiple impacts on fisheries resources. In this paper, we describe the use of the Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Model (CBFEM), developed using th...

In the Atlantic and Gulf states, the crab pot fishery overlaps with much of the habitat of the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin. The exclusively estuarine terrapin can be found throughout the coastal bays and creeks of the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States. Terrapin populations can incur considerable mortality of males and juveniles when crab pots are fished in terrapin habi...

Freshwater fisheries are central to food security in China and this remains one of the most important priorities for the growing human population. Thus, combining ecosystem restoration with economics is pivotal in setting successful conservation in China. Here, we have developed a practical management model that combines fishery improvement with conservation. For six years, a ban on fertilizer ...

Declining fish catch, conversion of mangroves into fish ponds and overexploitation of coastal resources were rampant among the coastal areas of Philippines. Hence, the national government initiated the implementation of Philippine National Aquasilviculture Program aimed to achieve food security, promote sustainable development of fisheries resources, and reduce poverty incidence among fisherfol...

Each spring adult horseshoe crabs migrate from deep bay waters and the Atlantic continental shelf to intertidal sandy beaches to spawn. Horseshoe crabs are an important food source for migrating shorebirds that feed on the eggs, for migrating fish that feed on the eggs and larvae and for Atlantic loggerhead turtles that feed on horseshoe crabs while using the Chesapeake Bay as a summer nursery ...

Titles in the Fisheries Research Report series present technical and scientific information for use in management processes. Research Reports are subject to full internal refereeing by senior scientists of the Fisheries Research Division, and in many cases, elements of the work are published in international scientific literature. A preliminary investigation of the potential impacts of the prop...