Longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. a Bottom longlines are one

Download scientific diagram | Longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. a Bottom longlines are one of the primary gears used to catch commercially important grouper and tilefish. The longline consists of a line of baited hooks deployed along the seabed in reef areas of the Gulf, which remains in position for a number of hours before being recovered, at which point the fish are removed, the hooks are rebaited and the line is redeployed. b Heat map of fishing activity by longline vessels in the eastern Gulf of Mexico during the 2-year period prior to an emergency closure from May to October 2009. Higher fishing activity (darker shading) cells mostly lie within the boundary of the subsequently closed area (dashed line), highlighting the magnitude of the disturbance when many vessels were forced to relinquish their most- utilized fishing grounds. To maintain data confidentiality, locations fished by fewer than three vessels are not shown from publication: Disturbance modifies payoffs in the explore-exploit trade-off | Decision-making agents face a fundamental trade-off between exploring new opportunities with risky outcomes versus exploiting familiar options with more certain but potentially suboptimal outcomes. Although mediation of this trade-off is essential to adaptive behavior and has | Exploratory Behavior, Choice Behavior and Reward | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.

Longliners in the Gulf - The Hull Truth - Boating and Fishing Forum

PDF) Bait loss from bottom-set longlines as determined by underwater observations and comparative fishing trials

Minimum requirements of a Fishery Management Plan (after Die 2002

Fish and Overfishing - Our World in Data

Disturbance modifies payoffs in the explore-exploit trade-off

Shay O'FARRELL, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, PhD

Commercial fishing, Definition, Description, Importance, Methods, Types, Equipment, & Facts

Disturbance modifies payoffs in the explore-exploit trade-off

James SANCHIRICO University of California, Davis, California