A Brief History of Florida's Live Bait Shrimp Fishery with Description of Fishing Gear and Methods.
Tabb D and Kenney N. A Brief History of Florida's Live Bait Shrimp Fishery with Description of Fishing Gear and Methods.. Pages 1120-1134. In M.N. Mistakidis Fishery Biologist Marine Biology and Environment Branch Fishery Resources and Exploitation Division (ed): Proceedings of the World Scientific Conference on the Biology and Culture of Shrimps and Prawns. Mexico City, Mexico. 12-21, June 1967. Proceedings of the World Scientific Conference on The Biology and Culture of Shrimps and Prawns. FAO Fisheries Reports No.57, Vol.3
A brief history of the live bait shrimp fishery of Florida is given as well as descriptions of the methods of capture of the three major bait species. The present fishery is growing in direct proportion to the growth of tourism and recreational fishing in Florida and it is expected that the bait shrimp fishery will capture more and more of the same shrimp that traditionally have been taken on the offshore grounds. The major portion of the shrimp catch from Florida estuarine areas is now being caught by roller-frame trawls. The roller-frame trawl evolution is described and construction features of the most advanced design given. The roller-frame trawls are probably not destructive to the estuarine habitat. Methods of fishing, handling the catch, and kinds of organisms caught are described. The roller-frame trawls of modern design are relatively inexpensive and easy to construct. They should be adaptable to a wide variety of uses in estuarine areas of the world where shrimp stocks are not now being exploited. Contribution No. 1070 from the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Tabb, Durbin; Kenney, Neil
- Units
- BISC , SFCN
- Keywords
- Business, commercial fisheries, Crustacean, fishing methods, prawn