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Radzio, T. A., & Roosenburg, W. M. (2005). Diamondback terrapin mortality in the american eel pot fishery and evaluation of a bycatch reduction device. Estuaries and Coasts, 28(4), 620–626.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Radzio2005 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Habitat = habitat, Malaclemys, Malaclemys terrapin, Nordamerika = North America, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises Creators: Radzio, Roosenburg Collection: Estuaries and Coasts |
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Abstract The effect of commercial fisheries on nontarget species is a burgeoning issue for both fishery managers and estuarine biologists. We documented diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) bycatch in cloth-funnel eel pots used in a Maryland (United States) commercial American eel (Anguilla rostrata) fishery. Between 1992 and 2001, we obtained 40 male and 9 female terrapin captures and 1 male terrapin recapture from commercial eel pots. To quantify terrapin catch rates and evaluate a potential solution to terrapin bycatch in eel pots, we conducted two experiments that tested the effects of a novel cel pot bycatch reduction device on terrapin bycatch and eel harvest. We determined low terrapin bycatch rates (0.000–0.008 terrapins pot−1 d−1) in pots with small entrance funnels and high terrapin capture rates (0.458 terrapins pot−1 d−1) in pots with large entrance funnels. The BRD eliminated terrapin bycatch and had no effect on eel catch making it an economically-viable solution for terrapin mortality in eel pots. We demonstrated that terrapin bycatch can be a problem in the American eel pot fishery and that our bycatch reduction device is a simple and cost-effective solution to this problem.
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