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Mortality of Scallops on a Manx Scallop Bed Due to Fishing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Ll. D. Gruffydd
Ll. D. Gruffydd
Affiliation:
Nerc Marine Invertebrate Biology Unit, Marine Science Laboratories(University College of North Wales), Menai Bridge, Anglesey, and Marine Biological Station, Port Erin, Isle of Man
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Mortality resulting from fishing of scallops (Pecten maximus L.) can be divided into the loss caused by their removal for marketing and the indirect damage inflicted during the operation both by the dredges on the sea bed and the rough handling of undersized discards on board the boat (Medcof & Bourne, 1964; Caddy, 1968). Direct fishing mortality is easily measured if both the relevant biological information and catch data are available. Indirect fishing mortality is more difficult to estimate. Deaths due to damage by the dredges cannot easily be distinguished from natural deaths, and although damage to discards can be assessed before they are thrown back (Medcof & Bourne, 1964), the correlation between such damage and subsequent mortality is almost impossible to obtain in the field.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , May 1972 , pp. 449 - 455
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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