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Issue Information Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2021-01-21
Cover image: © Pix Box/Shutterstock Cover description: Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua
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Alewife and Blueback Herring Captured by Intertidal Weirs of the Inner Bay of Fundy, Canada, Display Seasonal Demographics that Suggest Multiple Migrating Stocks Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Roger A. Rulifson; Michael J. Dadswell
Little information is available concerning the seasonal demographics of marine migrating Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus and Blueback Herring A. aestivalis, reported in commercial fisheries as “gaspereau” in Canada and “river herring” in the USA. Once adults and age‐0 juveniles depart from coastal spawning rivers, they migrate along the North American Atlantic coast and are difficult to access for scientific
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Striped Mullet Migration Patterns in the Indian River Lagoon: A Network Analysis Approach to Spatial Fisheries Management Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-12-06 Olivia M. Myers; Eric Reyier; Bonnie Ahr; Geoffrey S. Cook
Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus are numerically abundant forage fish, highly valuable as prey, and commercially valuable to humans. From September to December, Striped Mullet in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), Florida, undergo an annual migration from inshore foraging habitats to oceanic spawning sites. However, their migratory pathways—particularly their intra‐estuarine movement pathways—remain unknown
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Maturity of Hairtail Varies with Latitude and Environment in the East China Sea Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-11-29 Yan Jin; Zun‐lei Liu; Li‐ping Yan; Xing‐wei Yuan; Jia‐Hua Cheng
Early maturity of economically important fish has become a global issue, which might affect the reproductive potential of fish stocks. We used the samples that were collected in a fisheries‐independent survey in the East China Sea annually around the end of August from 2002 to 2017 to investigate the maturation progress of female Hairtail Trichiurus japonicus in response to (1) spatial variation, (2)
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Mind the Depth: The Vertical Dimension of a Small‐Scale Coastal Fishery Shapes Selection on Species, Size, and Sex in Wrasses Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-11-29 Kim Tallaksen Halvorsen; Tonje Knutsen Sørdalen; Torkel Larsen; Howard I. Browman; Trond Rafoss; Jon Albretsen; Anne Berit Skiftesvik
Small‐scale fisheries (SSFs) tend to target shallow waters, but the depth distributions of coastal fish can vary depending on species, size, and sex. This creates a scope for a form of fishing selectivity that has received limited attention but can have considerable implications for monitoring and management of these fisheries. We conducted a case study on the Norwegian wrasse fishery, a developing
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Issue Information Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-11-20
Cover image: Jenny Waddell/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Cover description: Several species of algae at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
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Spatial Distribution Changes and Habitat Use in Red Porgy in Waters off the Southeast U.S. Atlantic Coast Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Tracey I. Smart; Walter J. Bubley; Dawn M. Glasgow; Marcel J. M. Reichert
Despite 30 years of relatively strict management measures, the Red Porgy Pagrus pagrus population off the southeast U.S. Atlantic coast has not met rebuilding goals and was still categorized as overfished over a decade after a moratorium (SEDAR 2020). The lack of recovery indicates that limiting fishing pressure is not enough to effectively manage population levels. Population size may be driven by
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Scale of Biotelemetry Data Influences Ecological Interpretations of Space and Habitat Use in Yellowtail Snapper Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Ashleigh J. Novak; Sarah L. Becker; John T. Finn; Clayton G. Pollock; Zandy Hillis‐Starr; Adrian Jordaan
As opposed to passive, broad‐scale acoustic telemetry arrays, acoustic positioning systems generate high‐resolution animal locations that provide information on long‐term, fine‐scale movement patterns and habitat preferences. However, limited comparisons have been made between more common broad‐scale acoustic data and fine‐scale positioning data and it is unknown whether differences exist in ecological
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Identifying Important Juvenile Dusky Shark Habitat in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Using Acoustic Telemetry and Spatial Modeling Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-10-04 Charles W. Bangley; Tobey H. Curtis; David H. Secor; Robert J. Latour; Matthew B. Ogburn
Highly mobile species can be challenging for fisheries management and conservation due to large home ranges combined with dependence on discrete habitat areas where they can be easily targeted or vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbances. Management of the Dusky Shark Carcharhinus obscurus in the northwest Atlantic Ocean has been particularly challenging due to the species’ inherent vulnerability to
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Networked Animal Telemetry in the Northwest Atlantic and Caribbean Waters Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Charles W. Bangley; Frederick G. Whoriskey; Joy M. Young; Matthew B. Ogburn
Acoustic telemetry, in which transmitters projecting ultrasonic signals carrying unique identification codes are deployed on marine and aquatic animals and detected and logged by acoustic receivers, is becoming a common tool in fisheries science. Collaboration among researchers using this technology has led to the development of telemetry networks that are capable of detecting transmitters at coastwide
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Issue Information Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-14
Cover image: © Eiko Jones Cover description: A school of Bigeye Trevally Caranx sexfasciatus.
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Using Acoustic Telemetry to Estimate Weakfish Survival Rates along the U.S. East Coast Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Jacob R. Krause, Joseph E. Hightower, Jeffrey A. Buckel, Jason T. Turnure, Thomas M. Grothues, John P. Manderson, John E. Rosendale, Jeffrey P. Pessutti
The Weakfish Cynoscion regalis, an economically important species, has declined over the last 30 years, corresponding with an increase in total mortality according to the most recent stock assessment. We estimated estuarine‐specific and coastwide apparent survival of Weakfish by using a Cormack–Jolly–Seber model to provide insights into the spatiotemporal component of mortality. Telemetered Weakfish
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The FACT Network: Philosophy, Evolution, and Management of a Collaborative Coastal Tracking Network Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Joy M. Young, Mary E. Bowers, Eric A. Reyier, Danielle Morley, Erick R. Ault, Jonathan D. Pye, Riley M. Gallagher, Robert D. Ellis
The FACT Network (originally the Florida Atlantic Coast Telemetry working group), established in 2007, is a grassroots collaboration that is dedicated to improving the conservation and management of aquatic animals by facilitating data sharing amongst researchers using acoustic telemetry technology, providing a community for scientists, and building stakeholder partnerships. Founded along the eastern
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Surgical Implantation of Acoustic Tags in American Shad to Resolve Riverine and Marine Restoration Challenges Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Benjamin I. Gahagan, Michael M. Bailey
A variety of data needs challenge the successful restoration and management of alosine populations, including information on the migration, mortality, behavior, demographic rates, and distribution of fish, both in riverine and marine environments. Radiotelemetry with gastric‐implanted transmitters has typically been used to answer some of these questions; however, observing alosines over extended periods
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Grouper Tales: Use of Acoustic Telemetry to Evaluate Grouper Movements at Western Dry Rocks in the Florida Keys Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Jessica A Keller, Jennifer L. Herbig, Danielle Morley, Ariel Wile, Paul Barbera, Alejandro Acosta
The Western Dry Rocks (WDR) area off Key West, Florida, is an open fishing area that contains a multispecies fish spawning aggregation site, but grouper spawning there has yet to be confirmed. The movements of 18 adult and subadult grouper at WDR were tracked using acoustic telemetry to determine how this area is used by grouper species and whether it contains a grouper spawning aggregation site. Tagged
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Seasonal Presence of Atlantic Sturgeon and Sharks at Cape Hatteras, a Large Continental Shelf Constriction to Coastal Migration Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Roger A. Rulifson, Charles W. Bangley, Jennifer L. Cudney, Andrea Dell'Apa, Keith J. Dunton, Michael G. Frisk, Michael S. Loeffler, Matthew T. Balazik, Christian Hager, Tom Savoy, Harold M. Brundage, William C. Post
Cape Hatteras is a major topographic feature on the continental shelf of the U.S. eastern seaboard that changes the dynamics of nearshore large ocean currents, including the Labrador Current and Gulf Stream. Cape Hatteras constricts shelf habitat and restricts the migratory corridors of highly migratory species through this area. Our objective was to describe the seasonal patterns of presence for three
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Assessing the Relative Selectivity of Multiple Sampling Gears for Managed Reef Fishes in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Heather M. Christiansen, Theodore S. Switzer, Sean F. Keenan, Amanda J. Tyler‐Jedlund, Brent L. Winner
Fishery‐independent data are important for the effective management of reef fishes in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Proper characterization of selectivity, or the effectiveness of each type of sampling gear in capturing a species or a size‐class, is essential to ensure that assessment models treat various sources of data appropriately. In this study, we analyzed fishery‐independent data that was collected
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CORRECTION Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-08-30
A correction has been issued for the following manuscript published recently in Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science: Volume 11(6) December 2019: “Monitoring Populations in Partially Protected Marine Areas: Comparisons of Length Data Derived from Recreational Angler Surveys and Fishery‐Independent Surveys” by Faith A. Ochwada‐Doyle and Daniel D. Johnson, pages 454–471
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Oceanic Environmental Effects on American Eel Recruitment to the East River, Chester, Nova Scotia Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Brian M. Jessop
The effect of oceanic environmental conditions on the recruitment of American Eel Anguilla rostrata to coastal waters is poorly understood. This study examined correlations between the annual elver count index of the East River, Chester, Nova Scotia, seasonal oceanic environmental conditions associated with the larval and glass eel stages, and larval and glass eel migration times between the spawning
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Issue Information Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-07-17
Cover image: Tane Casserly/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Offi ce of National Marine Sanctuaries Cover description: Two sharks surrounded by fi sh over a shipwreck in Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.
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Spatial Patterns in Relative Abundance and Habitat Use of Adult Gray Snapper off the Southeastern Coast of the United States Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-06-29 Nathan M. Bacheler, Zachary D. Gillum, Kevan C. Gregalis, Christina M. Schobernd, Zebulon H. Schobernd, Bradford Z. Teer
Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus is an economically and ecologically important species in the estuarine and coastal environments of the southeastern United States. Previous research has focused primarily on juvenile Gray Snapper due to their accessible inshore distribution and ecological importance, while adults, which often occur offshore and are the main focus of fishing pressure, remain poorly understood
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Trends in Oyster Populations in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: An Assessment of River Discharge and Fishing Effects over Time and Space Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-05-30 J. F. Moore, W. E. Pine, P.C. Frederick, S. Beck, M. Moreno, M. J. Dodrill, M. Boone, L. Sturmer, S. Yurek
Within the Big Bend region of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, one of the least developed coastlines in the continental USA, intertidal and subtidal populations of eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (hereafter referred to as “oyster”) are a critical ecosystem and important economic constituent. We assessed trends in intertidal oyster populations, river discharge, and commercial fishing activity in
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Actions to Promote and Achieve Climate‐Ready Fisheries: Summary of Current Practice Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Richard J. Bell, Jay Odell, Gway Kirchner, Serena Lomonico
Climate change impacts to ocean ecosystems are altering the distribution and abundance of fish populations and impacting the people whose health, well‐being, and livelihoods depend on them. Thousands of published papers make it very clear that fish are on the move, alterations in productivity are occurring, and natural and human ecosystems are responding to climate variability and change. Across the
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Issue Information Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-05-04
Cover image: © Christopher Miller Cover description: The crew of the Arctic Hunter sorts through opilio crab while commercial fishing in the Bering Sea.
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Environmental and Structural Drivers of Fish Distributions among Petroleum Platforms across the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-04-29 Derek G. Bolser, Jack P. Egerton, Arnaud Grüss, Tyler Loughran, Taylor Beyea, Kyle McCain, Brad E. Erisman
Petroleum platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) are important habitats for fishes and support regional fisheries. However, drivers of the horizontal (i.e., latitudinal and longitudinal) and vertical (i.e., position in the water column) distribution patterns of fishes associated with these artificial habitats are not fully understood on a GOM‐wide scale. To build upon previous studies on a large
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A Feeding‐Ecology‐Based Approach to Evaluating Nursery Potential of Estuaries for Black Rockfish Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-04-27 Brittany D. Schwartzkopf, Scott A. Heppell
Previous work suggests that Oregon estuaries function as nursery habitat and may play an important role in settlement of Black Rockfish Sebastes melanops. No research, however, has been conducted on juvenile Black Rockfish feeding ecology in estuarine habitats, which is necessary to evaluate habitat use and quality. We examined stomach contents and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios for juvenile
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Bycatch in a Commercial Lobster Fishery: Effects on Two Benthic Predators, Sea Raven and Longhorn Sculpin Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-03-10 Brooke N. Anderson, Amelia M. Weissman, Brett Sweezey, John Mandelman, David B. Rudders, James A. Sulikowski
Studying the species‐specific responses to fishing capture is critical for effective management and conservation of bycatch species given that acute stress incurred from capture and handling may ultimately lead to mortality. While species of low commercial value are often overlooked, having accurate information on the effects of capture on all species is necessary for ecosystem‐based management. Sea
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of a Multiple Gear Fishing Fleet Exploiting the Caribbean Sea and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Carolina Mercedes Laurent Singh, Jamerson Aguiar‐Santos, Efrem Jorge Gondim Ferreira, Eucaris del Carmen Evaristo, Carlos Edwar de Carvalho Freitas
An industrial multigear fishing fleet from Venezuela emerged in 2009 as a governmental strategy to reduce the impact of industrial trawling on the Venezuelan coast of the North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem. The current study aimed to examine the spatial–temporal distribution of fishing effort and the catch levels obtained by the Venezuelan industrial multigear fishing fleet during the period
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Issue Information Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-03-03
Cover image: Greg McFall/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Cover description: Green Moray Gymnothorax funebris in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
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Estimates of Red Drum Mortality via Acoustic Telemetry Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-02-24 T. Reid Nelson, Sean P. Powers
Subadult (age < 3) Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus support a valuable recreational fishery, and mortality estimates for young Red Drum are needed for proper management. To obtain these estimates, age‐1 and age‐2 Red Drum were implanted with acoustic transmitters and external Floy tags in two coastal Alabama rivers (Fowl and Dog rivers). Fates of tagged fish were inferred from stationary receiver detections
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Habitat Associations and Co‐Occurrence Patterns of Two Estuarine‐Dependent Predatory Fishes Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-02-11 Mariah C. Livernois, Sean P. Powers, Mark A. Albins, John F. Mareska
Estuarine‐dependent fishes experience a wide range of environmental conditions, and most species exhibit distinct associations with particular habitats. However, similar species or multiple conspecifics often overlap spatiotemporally, which can result in ecological interactions that have consequences for behaviors that can shape the structure and function of ecosystems. We used a long‐term gill‐net
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Performance of Two Survey Gears Targeting Elasmobranchs in a Shallow, Subtropical Estuary Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-02-05 Grace Roskar, Michael P. McCallister, Matthew J. Ajemian
Fishery‐independent surveys have become increasingly prevalent in recent decades for monitoring the population trends of highly mobile species like elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). Despite the utility of gear evaluations for streamlining costs and increasing the efficiency of fishery‐independent surveys, these assessments are sparse for elasmobranch‐specific surveys. Catch data were examined from a
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Evaluating Population Recovery Characteristics and Potential Recovery Actions for a Long‐Lived Protected Species: A Case History of Gulf Sturgeon in the Apalachicola River Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-02-03 H. Jared Flowers, William E. Pine, Brett T. van Poorten, Edward V. Camp
In the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi supported an intense and short‐lived commercial fishery in the early twentieth century. Thereafter, it persisted at very low levels until the fishery was closed by individual U.S. states in the Gulf of Mexico region in the mid‐1980s. Despite the closure of the fishery, the stock has not recovered and there have been threats to population
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Benthic Habitats, as Derived from Classification of Side‐Scan‐Sonar Mapping Data, Are Important Determinants of Reef‐Fish Assemblage Structure in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-01-27 Theodore S. Switzer, Amanda J. Tyler‐Jedlund, Sean F. Keenan, Eric J. Weather
Increasingly restrictive management regulations have greatly reduced the utility of fishery‐dependent data for characterizing temporal changes in the abundance of managed fish populations, so fishery‐independent data are becoming more important for the accurate assessment of stock status. A notable downside to fishery‐independent data is the high cost of conducting surveys, and efforts to maximize
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Kelp Forest Zooplankton, Forage Fishes, and Juvenile Salmonids of the Northeast Pacific Nearshore Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2020-01-21 J. Anne Shaffer, Stuart H. Munsch, Jeffery R. Cordell
Kelp forests are an important ecological component of temperate coastal systems that are sensitive to anthropogenic disturbance and are in decline in many locations globally. In the northeastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington, USA, bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana forests are seasonally used by juvenile salmonids and forage fishes; however, details on ecosystem functional linkages for forage
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Length‐Based Assessment of an Artisanal Albulid Fishery in the South Pacific: a Data‐Limited Approach for Management and Conservation Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-12-23 Alexander Filous, Robert J. Lennox, Eric E. G. Clua, Steven J. Cooke, Andy J. Danylchuk
Data‐limited fisheries assessment methods have great potential to help inform small island communities on the status of their fisheries resources. In this paper, we provide a length‐based assessment of an artisanal fishery that primarily targets spawning aggregations of Shortjaw Bonefish Albula glossodonta at Anaa Atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. We assessed the length‐frequency
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The Reproductive Biology of Female Atlantic Herring in U.S. Waters: Validating Classification Schemes for Assessing the Importance of Spring and Skipped Spawning Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-12-19 Mark J. Wuenschel, Jonathan J. Deroba
Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus are iteroparous (repeat spawners) with group‐synchronous oocyte development and determinate fecundity, and they are total spawners. However, they also exhibit plasticity in other aspects of their reproductive biology including spawning seasonality and skipped spawning. Previous studies in other regions have reported skipped spawning and errors in macroscopic classifications
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Recreational Angler Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding the Use of Descending Devices in Southeast Reef Fish Fisheries Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-12-19 Judson M. Curtis, Alex K. Tompkins, Andrew J. Loftus, Gregory W. Stunz
Reducing discard mortality in recreational fisheries remains an important component of stock rebuilding for many reef fish species. Discard mortality for these species can be high due in part to barotrauma injury sustained during capture coupled with high catch rates, but recent advances in fish descending devices can mitigate some of these declines. Despite high survival rates with rapid recompression
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Monitoring Populations in Partially Protected Marine Areas: Comparisons of Length Data Derived from Recreational Angler Surveys and Fishery‐Independent Surveys Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-12-18 Faith A. Ochwada‐Doyle, Daniel D. Johnson
In partially protected marine areas, such as recreational fishing havens (RFHs), fishery‐independent surveys and recreational angler surveys represent two of the few available methods of collecting length‐frequency data to monitor population responses to protection from commercial fishing and the impacts of ongoing recreational fishing. Although length data plays an important role in facilitating stock
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Higher Aggregation of Key Prey Species Associated with Diet and Abundance of the Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus across the Aleutian Islands Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-12-18 Kimberly Rand, Susanne McDermott, Elizabeth Logerwell, Mary Elizabeth Matta, Mike Levine, David R. Bryan, Ingrid B. Spies, Todd Loomis
The Aleutian Islands ecosystem is a highly dynamic marine environment that supports commercially important fish species, such as Atka Mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius and Northern Rockfish Sebastes polyspinis, and several large marine mammals, including the Steller sea lion (SSL) Eumetopias jubatus. To protect SSL foraging behavior and prey, trawl exclusion zones (TEZs) were established around
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Seasonal Use of a Nonnatal Marine Basin by Juvenile Hatchery Chinook Salmon Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-12-02 Michael C Hayes, Sayre Hodgson, Christopher S. Ellings, Walker D. Duval, Stephen P. Rubin
Information on the movement patterns of fishes is essential for managers that are making critical resource decisions. We examined the frequency of a keystone species, Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that migrated from different marine basins to the Nisqually River estuary, which lies within the southernmost marine basin (hereafter, “South basin”) in Puget Sound (Washington, USA). Hatchery‐reared
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Retrospective Analyses of Commercial Trip Limit Efficacy in the Southeastern USA Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-11-22 Jeffrey R. Pulver, Jessica A. Stephen, Michael F. Larkin, Alisha M. Gray DiLeone
Trip limits are frequently used as a management measure to control or reduce harvest by restricting harvest to a maximum amount. The goal of trip limits is often to lengthen the fishing season relative to the annual catch limit by slowing the landings rate or incentivizing fishers to target another species. Two recent commercial trip limits implemented in the southeastern USA were examined to determine
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Conservation Risk and Uncertainty in Recovery Prospects for a Collapsed and Culturally Important Salmon Population in a Mixed‐Stock Fishery Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-11-22 Brendan Connors, William Atlas, Christina Melymick, Megan Moody, Jason Moody, Alejandro Frid
Mixed‐stock fisheries simultaneously exploit populations that may differ in their conservation status, and uncertainty in stock‐specific harvest rates can hamper evaluations of recovery prospects for depressed populations. These difficulties are exemplified in the Sockeye Salmon population from the Atnarko watershed, which collapsed in the early 2000s, causing cultural and economic hardship. A recovery
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Importance of Sample Gear in the Identification of Trophic Guilds and Forage Species in a Large Lagoonal Estuary Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-11-08 Samantha M. Binion‐Rock, Jeffrey A. Buckel, Jason E. Rock, Katy West, Lee M. Paramore
Food habits in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, are poorly described despite the estuary's large size and importance as nursery and fisheries habitat. We conducted the first multi‐year, multispecies food habits study in Pamlico Sound, sampling the stomach contents of 16,913 predators representing 25 species. Predators were sampled from fisheries‐independent trawl and gill‐net surveys. We used multivariate
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Spatiotemporal Variation and Size‐Selective Predation on Hatchery‐ and Wild‐Born Juvenile Chum Salmon at Marine Entry by Nearshore Fishes in Southeast Alaska Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-10-22 Douglas H. Duncan, Anne H. Beaudreau
Juvenile Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. experience high mortality at marine entry, yet our quantitative understanding of predation during this critical period is limited. We evaluated spatial, temporal, and size‐based patterns of predation on hatchery‐ and wild‐born juvenile Chum Salmon O. keta by two abundant predators in Southeast Alaska estuaries: the Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatus
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Age and Growth of Hardhead Catfish and Gafftopsail Catfish in Coastal Louisiana, USA Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-10-09 Shane Flinn, Stephen Midway, Andrew Ostrowski
The Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis and Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus are marine catfishes that have low recreational and commercial landings in U.S. waters, although they are among the most abundant species in coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Few biological studies exist on marine catfishes, with most studies focusing on their unique reproductive biology. This study evaluated weight–length
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Windowpane Seasonal Distribution and Survey Availability on the Southern Portion of Georges Bank, USA Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-09-23 Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, Nicholas M. Calabrese, Travis M. Lowery
The Windowpane Scophthalmus aquosus stock in Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine is considered overfished despite the lack of a directed fishery. Windowpane stocks are assessed using an index‐based method relying on the Northeast Fisheries Science Center's (NEFSC; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) fall trawl survey. From 2013 to 2016, the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST;
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Modeling and Mapping to Assess Spatial Distributions and Population Numbers of Fish and Invertebrate Species in the Lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor, Florida Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-08-22 Peter J. Rubec, Christi Santi, Yonas Ghile, Xinjian Chen
Catch per unit effort (CPUE) was computed from fisheries‐independent monitoring data collected from 1996 through 2013 in the lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Seasonal habitat suitability modeling (HSM) based on delta‐gamma generalized additive models was prepared for eight fish and invertebrate species life stages with affinities for either low or moderate salinities. Using a geographic
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Life History of the Gray Snapper at the Warm Edge of Its Distribution Range in the Caribbean Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-08-09 Hector Andrade, Jorge Santos
Knowledge of the life history of populations at the warm edge of their distributional range can provide a better understanding of how they will adapt to climate warming, including potential poleward redistribution. The range of Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus has the potential to expand along its northern temperate fringe, but little is known about this species in the warmest portion of its range. We
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Evaluating the Performances of Size‐Frequency‐Based Methods for Estimating Fishing Mortality of Pholis fangi Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-08-06 Ning Chen, Chongliang Zhang, Ming Sun, Binduo Xu, Ying Xue, Yiping Ren, Yong Chen
Age‐structured data are commonly needed in stock assessments but are unavailable for the majority of existing fisheries, while fish size (length or weight) data are most readily accessible and carry critical information of population status. However, the performances of assessment methods based on size‐frequency data have been less well understood. This study evaluated the reliability of two size‐frequency‐based
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Application of Luminescent Netting in Traps to Improve the Catchability of the Snow Crab Chionoecetes opilio Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-07-29 Khanh Q. Nguyen, Paul D. Winger, Jessica Wood, Meghan Donovan, Odd‐Børre Humborstad, Svein Løkkeborg, Shannon M. Bayse
In this study, we investigated luminescent netting as a means to improve the catch rates of snow crabs Chionoecetes opilio. A laboratory experiment was conducted to investigate the intensity and duration of luminescence using time‐lapse photography. We exposed experimental traps to five different treatments of UV light to excite the luminescent fibers in the netting. Our results showed that luminescent
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Investigating Fishing Impacts in Nigerian Coastal Waters Using Marine Trophic Index Analyses Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-07-10 Tunde Adebola, Kim de Mutsert
In Nigerian coastal waters (NCW), fishing has increased steadily over the last seven decades. Artisanal fisheries cover the entire 850‐km length of the coast, where over 1 million fishermen exploit estuarine and oceanic resources up to 40 m deep, and approximately 250 industrial trawlers target fish resources in deeper waters beyond the first 9.26 km (5 nautical miles) from shore. We investigated the
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Historical and Projected Changes in Spawning Phenologies of American Shad and Striped Bass in the Hudson River Estuary Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-06-25 Christopher C. Nack, Dennis P. Swaney, Karin E. Limburg
Predicted increases in temperatures over the next century have raised many concerns about changes in the life history traits and geographical distributions of anadromous fishes. Anadromous fishes are particularly vulnerable to human activities due to the diverse array of habitats needed to complete their life cycle and the proximity of essential habitats to large human population centers. To understand
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Seasonal Distribution and Habitat Preferences of Crimson Seabream Parargyrops edita: Implications for a Marine Protected Area in Beibu Gulf, Northern South China Sea Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-05-09 Lifei Wang, Xuefeng Wang, Chunhou Li, Xiaoping Jia
Understanding distribution patterns and habitat characteristics of ecologically or economically important species in marine protected areas is critical for identifying ecological boundaries and optimizing management strategies. However, studies on groundfish resources around marine protected areas are often limited because of economic, geographic, or jurisdictional constraints. This study investigated
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Bottom Currents Affect Spanner Crab Catch Rates in Southern Queensland, Australia Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-05-06 David M. Spencer, Ian W. Brown, Mark J. Doubell, Richard McGarvey, Shing Y. Lee, Charles J. Lemckert
During daily fishing operations, spanner crab Ranina ranina catch rates can fluctuate substantially, but the environmental drivers responsible for these fluctuations largely remain unresolved. Earlier research suggests that spanner crab catchability increases with strengthening currents, but uncertainties surround the magnitude of the measured current speeds and, consequently, their relationship with
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First Observations of Long‐Distance Migration in a Large Skate Species, the Winter Skate: Implications for Population Connectivity, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Management Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-04-25 Michael G. Frisk, Oliver N. Shipley, Christopher M. Martinez, Kim A. McKown, Joshua P. Zacharias, Keith J. Dunton
The overexploitation and decline of groundfish populations throughout the 1980s and 1990s resulted in a regime shift on Georges Bank and southern New England, which was characterized by subsequent exponential increases in the observed biomass of Winter Skate Leucoraja ocellata in the region. Recent work suggested that the rate of the Winter Skate biomass increase cannot be fully explained by internal
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Sex‐Specific Growth and Reproductive Dynamics of Red Drum in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-04-25 Corbin F. Bennetts, Robert T. Leaf, Nancy J. Brown‐Peterson
The Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus stock is heavily targeted in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by recreational fishers and supports a small commercial fishery in Mississippi. Despite their popularity, little recent work has been done to describe their life history. In this work, we describe sex‐specific growth and reproductive dynamics of Red Drum collected from the northern GOM from September 2016 through
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Age, Growth, Natural Mortality, and Reproductive Seasonality of Knobbed Porgy from Southeastern United States Waters Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-04-25 Michael L. Burton, Jennifer C. Potts, Ariel J. Poholek, Andy Ostrowski, Jordan Page
The Knobbed Porgy Calamus nodosus, an important secondary species in reef fish catches of the southeastern United States, was recently the subject of a fishery closure due to the porgy complex quota being exceeded. Knobbed Porgy (n = 448) were aged using sectioned sagittal otoliths. Opaque zones on otolith sections were annular, forming in March–July (peaking in May). Knobbed Porgy ranged from 1 to
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Developing Precautionary Reference Points for Fishery Management Using Robust Control Theory: Application to the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus Fishery Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Michael J. Wilberg, Richard T. Woodward, Pei Huang, David Tomberlin
Most efforts to establish precautionary guidelines for fisheries management use essentially ad hoc impressions as to what constitutes conservative management. Such approaches, however, fail to take into account the magnitude of the uncertainty about particular systems. One alternative approach to precautionary management is robust control, in which decision makers attempt to maximize an outcome under
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Fish Assemblages and Fisheries Resources in Puerto Rico's Riverine Estuaries Mar. Coast. Fish. (IF 1.736) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Augustin C. Engman, Thomas J. Kwak, Jesse R. Fischer, Craig G. Lilyestrom
Tropical estuaries are diverse and productive habitats with respect to their fish assemblages and associated fisheries, but these ecosystems and fisheries are imperiled by multiple anthropogenic threats. Despite the economic, social, and biodiversity value of tropical estuarine fish assemblages, they are poorly understood, especially those on Caribbean islands. We sampled the fish assemblages of four
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