Year:
2005
Journal/Publisher Name:
Final report to NMFS. DeAlteris Associates, Inc., Jamestown, RI
Summary:
An alternative leader design reduced loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtle interactions in a Chesapeake Bay pound net fishery for finfish. There was no change in catch of weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), croaker (Micropogonias undulates), and harvestfish (Peprilus alepidotus).