Assessment of the Sink Net Fishery Along North Carolina's Outer Banks, Fall 1982 Through Spring 1987, with Notes on Other Coastal Gill Net Fisheries

摘要

The coastal gill net fishery along the Outer Banks, which is active from late fall through early spring, accounted for 9.5 - 22.3% of North Carolina's marketable finfish harvest from 1982 through 1987, the percentage increasing throughout the period. The sink net fishery, had its beginnings in the 1930's, expanded dramatically during the 1980's in terms of fishing effort and finfish landings, and currently dominates other winter ocean gill net fisheries.