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white roe harvest occurs in October and November (Figure 6.11). Most spawning striped mulletwill be graded as mixed after Thanksgiving, even though ripe fish are occasionally harvestedinto February and March. The roe market shifts from North Carolina to Florida in December.Landings (lb)600,000500,000400,000300,000200,000100,000MixedRed RoeWhite Roe0Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecMonthFigure 6.11. Average monthly striped mullet landings in major market categories: 1994 - 2002.Pronounced year-to-year fluctuations in red roe harvest are evident from 1994 to 2002(Figure 6.12). Strong weather conditions (i.e. hurricanes, cold fronts) during the fall canprofoundly affect annual landings. In addition to limiting fishing opportunities, hurricanes andhard winds can cause spawners to exit inshore areas rapidly and prematurely. Hurricanes Franand Floyd likely depressed landings in 1996 and 1999.Landings (lb)1,600,0001,400,0001,200,0001,000,000800,000600,000400,000200,0000Mixed Red Roe White RoeHurricane FranHurricane Floyd1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002YearFigure 6.12. Fluctuations in yearly landings in the three major market categories: mixed, redroe, and white roe (1994-2002).35
6.1.9 Major gear types used in the fisherySeines and gill nets have been the two primary gear types involved in the fishery sincethe earliest documented landings in 1887. From 1887 to 1978, 60% of the total commercialharvest was landed by seines and 39% from gill nets (Figure 6.13). Gill net landings were largerthan seine landings in only five of 50 years of available landings data during this time period(Chestnut and Davis 1975; DMF unpublished data). The seine fishery dominated early landingsfrom 1887 to 1934, accounting for 61% of the total harvest (36% from gill nets). Total gill netlandings exceeded seine landings (56% to 44%) for a short period, from 1937 to 1940. Seinesagain accounted for most of the fishery harvest (62% of total landings) from 1950 to 1978 (gillnets were responsible for 37% of total landings).100%90%Gill Nets Seine Other Gears80%% Total Landings70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%20021992198219721962195219421932192219121902189218821872YearFigure 6.13. Gear trends in the striped mullet fishery; proportion of total yearly landingsharvested by gill nets, seines, and other gears (Chestnut and Davis 1975; Bureauof Fisheries; DMF).Gill nets replaced seines as the dominant gear type in the fishery in 1979 (Figure 6.13).Its yearly proportion of the total fishery landings has steadily increased over the past 24 years.By 2001, 94% of total landings were harvested by gill nets, 4% from seines, and 1% from castnets.More detailed landings data with respect to fishing gears became available in 1994 dueto the creation of the NCTTP. The number of gears reported in the striped mullet fishery morethan doubled between the periods of 1972-1993 and 1994-2002, from 16 to 34 different geartypes. A maximum of three gears are recorded by NCTTP for each trip ticket of landings (since1994). However, NCTTP does not allocate harvest weight to each individual fishing gearreported on the trip ticket when multiple gears are listed. Therefore, unambiguous landingsfrom trip tickets with only one listed gear of harvest were used to proportionally allocate landings36
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Mahmoudi, B., Foushee, L., McGlothi
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Pattillo, M.E., Czapla, T.E., Nelso
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Taylor, H. F. 1951. Survey of marin
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11. APPENDICES11.1 Appendix 1 GLOSS
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Table 2. Size at annuli formation (
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11.2 Appendix 2 BYCATCH ASSESSMENT
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have mandatory observer coverage fo
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the Pamlico, Pungo, and Neuse River
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and 2002 were quantified based upon
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sets. These were caught in Outer Ba
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Fishery-dependent and fishery-indep
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Table 3.Comparison of striped mulle
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Unmarketable bycatchIn 1999 and 200
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SECTION .0100 - NET RULES, GENERAL.
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11.3 Appendix 3 CHARACTERIZATION OF
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100%Striped MulletWhite Mullet90%87
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Table 1.Number and weight of stripe
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The fall commercial cast net landin
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2. Minimum size limit+ Reduced harv
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Advisory Committee Recommendation:T
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21.81.6FcurrentF25% = 1.25F30% = 0.
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Limited EntryA limited entry system
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and in fisheries targeting perches
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Fran and Floyd likely depressed lan
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3. Implementation of Regulationsa.
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11.5 Appendix 5 PIER, STOP NET AND
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distance can be established to sepa
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11.6 Appendix 6 INSHORE STRIPED MUL
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2. Adopt 24 hour, 365 day per year
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III.DISCUSSIONIn 1994, the DMF impl
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- contentious relations with NMFS o
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Fisheries by proclamation, shall be
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Supplement 2. North Carolina Marine
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mesh webbing to capture monkfish in
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12. ATTACHMENTS12.1 Attachment 1. P
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data were used for defining F-based
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stock. The stock has been recognize
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Table 1.Von Bertalanffy growth para
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Length-Weight RelationshipA linear,
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Table 2.Various instantaneous natur
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age using DMF male and female age-l
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affected by schooling artifacts and
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whereas age 0 fish comprise the bul
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Alosid Seine Survey CPUEStandard Er
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Table 12. Annual length composition
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growth, longevity, and harvest char
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Table 15. Model-estimated von Berta
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Selectivity .1.00.80.60.40.20.0Age
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Table 20. Age specific commercial f
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Table 23. Full year, commercial + r
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assessment, peaking in 2002 (Figure
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Fishing Mortality (F)2.01.51.00.50.
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low, and F high were based on histo
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Discussion:Age-growthThe growth cur
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6+ females between 1994-2002.Overfi
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assessment, as overfishing occurred
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The future economics of the roe fis
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References CitedAlagaraja, K. 1984.
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McGurk, M.D. 1999. Size dependent m
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