A Comparison of Private Recreational Fishing Harvest and Effort for Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper during Derby and Extended Federal Seasons and Implications for Future Management

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorTopping, Tara S.
dc.contributor.authorStreich, Matthew K.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Mark R.
dc.contributor.authorStunz, Gregory W.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T23:40:43Z
dc.date.available2023-02-01T23:40:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-23
dc.description.abstractFisheries managers often use regulations such as bag, size, and season limits to manage recreational anglers and prevent overharvest, and this has been the case for the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus fishery, which has been highly regulated for over 20 years. During this period, the federal season for private recreational anglers has decreased from year-round in 1996 to only 3 d in 2017. However, in 2017 the private recreational season was reopened for an additional 39 d. This scenario allowed us to examine a very short, derby-style initial season with an unexpected extended season and make comparisons with longer-term data sets from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's angler-intercept program, where we hypothesized that harvest and effort may not be directly related to season length. Our data indicated that there were higher harvest and effort rates during the initial season than during the extended season, and these differences were a function of extended season length (i.e., future access) and weather. The harvest and effort rates of the extended season were not proportional to the initial season, suggesting that recreational anglers compensated for reductions in season length by compressing their effort into the shortened season. While our results suggest that an extended season results in a reduction of daily harvest and effort rates, it is important to have programs in place to closely monitor the total harvest in a timely manner to prevent overharvest.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTopping, T.S., M.K. Streich, M.R. Fisher, and G.W. Stunz. 2019. A comparison of private recreational fishing effort for Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper during derby and extended seasons. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39:1311-1320. doi:10.1002/nafm.10368.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/95278
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNorth American Journal of Fisheries Managementen_US
dc.titleA Comparison of Private Recreational Fishing Harvest and Effort for Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper during Derby and Extended Federal Seasons and Implications for Future Managementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
N American J Fish Manag - 2019 - Topping - A Comparison of Private Recreational Fishing Harvest and Effort for Gulf of.pdf
Size:
984.89 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.72 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Publications