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Article: Fishing time and trap ghost fishing for Cancer johngarthi along the Baja California peninsula's southwestern coast, Mexico.(Abstract)
- Article from:
- Journal of Shellfish Research
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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ABSTRACT During trap-fishing investigations on the crab Cancer johngarthi along Baja California peninsula's southwestern coast, Baja California Sur, Mexico, conducted between 2002 and 2006, information was gathered to assess fishing efficiency in terms of the number of crabs caught per trap during one hour of operation (catch per unit of effort, CPUE = c/ht). As a result of vessel operation issues, some trap lines were abandoned, whereas vessels returned to land for repairing, and because the effective fishing time for these traps was significantly longer than normal, the information so obtained was regarded as reflecting the potential effect on fishing of traps lost ...