Catch Trends and Fish Utilization in Virginia's Offshore Recreational Pelagic Fishery, 1987-1988

摘要

The objective of the second year of the two-year study was to expand the catch and effort data base for Virginia's recreational fishery for tuna and marlin while concluding the study of tuna handling practices in the fishery. The results of the study will better define catch trends for tuna and billfish species off Virginia's coast while also contributing to a more extensive Atlantic coast data base being developed cooperatively by the Northeast and Southeast Fisheries Centers of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Bluefin tuna catch data will also be utilized by the NMFS to evaluate stock trends of the species as part of fishery management recommendations to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).