A Survey of Pound Net Catches Near the Chesapeake Bay Mouth off Lynnhaven, 1973-1983.
Abstract
This study was begun in 1982 to augment a more extensive trawl and gillnet program designed to provide information on the abundance and occurance of fishes in those areas of Hampton Roads and the entrance channels proposed for deepening by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. As originally conceived, the pound net monitoring program was not to be intensive, but rather a monthly survey of catch at a single pound net located just east of the mouth of Lynnhaven Inlet. The primary objective of the study was to utilize the pound net catch to provide information on those species rarely taken by other fishing techniques. The study was later expanded to include the historical catch records of the net through the kind cooperation of Mr. George Ross, then owner of the net, who made his daily catch records available to us for the years 1973 through 1982. These historical catch data form the focus of this paper and have been used to determine seasonal abundance patterns. We also have evaluated their utility in determining annual abundance patterns in the hope that they may be useful in estimating annual abundance for some species for which little or no catch data exist.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA165009
Entities
People
- Randal D. Owen
- Ray S. Birdsong
- Robin L. Bedenbaugh
Organizations
- Old Dominion University