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A Study of Winter Flounder Mortality Rates in Great South Bay, New York
Author(s) -
Poole John C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1969)98[611:asowfm]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - bay , fishery , fishing , mortality rate , population , fish <actinopterygii> , geography , flounder , environmental science , biology , oceanography , demography , geology , archaeology , sociology
Analyses of winter flounder tag returns indicate that since 1937 the population in Great South Bay has experienced relatively constant fishing mortality, annual mortality rate and annual natural mortality rate. There have been restrictions on the commercial fishery within the bay, however, which have resulted in decreased use of the resource by the commercial fishery. Consideration of annual natural mortality rate in relation to fish length and weight indicates that harvesting of the Great South Bay population at 8 inches will result in a maximum yield in weight.