{"id":69100,"date":"2005-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/new-fishing-gear-targets-abundant-haddock-without-hurting-over-fished-species\/"},"modified":"2005-09-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-22T00:00:00","slug":"new-fishing-gear-targets-abundant-haddock-without-hurting-over-fished-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/09\/new-fishing-gear-targets-abundant-haddock-without-hurting-over-fished-species\/","title":{"rendered":"New fishing gear targets abundant haddock without hurting over-fished species"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t溏心vlog免费B站 researchers conduct trials to prove its effectiveness<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. — September 22, 2005 — Two 溏心vlog免费B站 researchers have successfully tested a new fishing net configuration that will selectively catch the plentiful haddock without affecting declining stocks of cod and flounder. After additional tests and review by fishery managers, the net may allow fishermen to extend the number of days they are permitted to be at sea.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe new gear catches just as much haddock as the existing gear, but without catching the species of critical concern,\u201d said David Beutel, a 溏心vlog免费B站 fisheries researcher who was joined by colleague Laura Skrobe in testing the net. \u201cAnd it virtually eliminated all of the by-catch like flounders, cod, skates, lobsters and dogfish.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe new net configuration exploits the different behaviors exhibited by groundfish when a net is dragged toward them. Haddock, a high-value fish that has experienced a strong population surge, typically swim upward when a commercial fishing net is dragged along the bottom of the ocean. Cod, whose stocks are perilously low, and flounder swim downward when a net approaches.<\/p>\n


\n\tAt the suggestion of Rhode Island fishermen Jim O\u2019Grady, Phil Ruhle Jr. and Phil Ruhle, Sr., and with the assistance of net builder Jonathan Knight, a net typically used in mid-ocean depths was rigged for use as a net dragged along the seafloor. The upper and rear portions of the net have the regulated six-inch mesh, which captures the haddock that swim upward and into the net, while the lower portion of the net has an eight-foot mesh easily allowing downward swimming cod and flounder to escape capture. <\/p>\n


\n\tTo scientifically document the effectiveness of the new net configuration, Beutel and Skrobe were awarded a $422,000 grant from the National Marine Fisheries Service\u2019s Cooperative Research Partners Program to conduct a series of trials. Using one fishing boat rigged with the new net and one rigged with existing gear, they conducted 30 side-by-side trials over five days at a closed area of Georges Bank in June. They plan to continue the trials in October, December and March before reporting their results to the New England Fisheries Management Council and the National Marine Fisheries Service.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re testing the net throughout the year because fish behavior changes at different times of the year, depending on when they\u2019re spawning and the depths and locations they\u2019re found at,\u201d said Beutel. \u201cI expect that for the rest of our tests the net will work similar to the first trial, though I worry that at some point in the future the cod may change their behavior and not escape capture as readily.\u201d<\/p>\n

After their research is complete, and assuming the results are as positive as in the first trial, Beutel and Skrobe will make a recommendation to the New England Fisheries Management Council to certify the net. They hope the net will be available for use when the new quota year begins on May 1, 2006.<\/p>\n


\n\tFishermen are allowed a certain number of days at sea \u2013 called \u201cA days\u201d — when they could potentially catch species of concern like cod and flounder. They are also allowed additional days at sea \u2013 called \u201cB days\u201d \u2013 as long as the gear used on those days does not affect species of concern. Because existing fishing gear captures all groundfish indiscriminately \u2013 cod, haddock and flounder, among others \u2013 that gear can only be used on A days. The new net will allow fishermen to selectively fish for haddock on B days.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe cooperative nature of this process \u2013 between the fishermen, the scientists, and the fishery managers — has been key,\u201d Beutel said. \u201cWe\u2019re very excited about the possibilities. It\u2019s going to give fishermen access to haddock while allowing the cod stocks to rebuild at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

溏心vlog免费B站 researchers conduct trials to prove its effectiveness KINGSTON, R.I. — September 22, 2005 — Two 溏心vlog免费B站 researchers have successfully tested a new fishing net configuration that will selectively catch the plentiful haddock without affecting declining stocks of cod and flounder. After additional tests and review by fishery managers, the net may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}