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Indirect mortality caused to juveniles of Spisula solida due to deck exposure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

M.B. Gaspar
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar / Centro Regional de Investigação Pesqueira do Sul, Avenida 5 de Outubro s/n, 8700 Olhão, Portugal
C.C. Monteiro
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar / Centro Regional de Investigação Pesqueira do Sul, Avenida 5 de Outubro s/n, 8700 Olhão, Portugal

Abstract

An experiment was carried out to estimate the rate of indirect fishing mortality on juvenile Spisula solida due to the exposure time on deck. Samples were collected using a dredge from a site off Vilamoura, south coast of Portugal, during July 1994. Length of deck exposure is directly related to mortality of juveniles. It was estimated a fishing mortality rate of 0.00335 per min, due to length of exposure.

Type
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Copyright
© 1999 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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