Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports
Title
Standardized Catch Rates of Sandbar Sharks and Dusky Sharks in the VIMS Longline Survey: 1975-2009
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has conducted a fishery-independent longline survey during summer months since 1974. Data for sandbar sharks and dusky sharks captured in the survey between 1975 and 2009 are presented. Most of the sandbar sharks encountered by the survey were immature, with females composing almost all of the mature sandbar catch. Almost all dusky sharks captured were immature. Most of the catch since the early 1990’s has been composed of 0-4 year age classes. Nominal and standardized catch rates are presented. CPUE for both species decreased from the early 1980’s to minima in 1992. CPUE then slightly increased and has oscillated since.
Report Number
SEDAR21-DW-18
Publication Title
SouthEast Data, Assessment, and Review
NSUWorks Citation
Jason G. Romine, Kristene T. Parsons, R. Dean Grubbs, John A. Musick, and Tracey Sutton. 2010. Standardized Catch Rates of Sandbar Sharks and Dusky Sharks in the VIMS Longline Survey: 1975-2009 .SouthEast Data, Assessment, and Review : 1 -29. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facreports/62.
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