Design and Test of a Low Profile Gillnet to Reduce Atlantic Sturgeon and Sea Turtle Bycatch in Mid-Atlantic Monkfish Fishery
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Report title: Design and Test of a Low Profile Gillnet to reduce Atlantic Sturgeon and Sea Turtle By-catch in Mid-Atlantic Monkfish Fishery Key project partners: Rick Usher, A.I.S. Inc. Pingguo He, UMass Dartmouth – SMAST Funding Agency: NOAA Fisheries NOAA Contract No.: EA133F-12-SE-2094 Recipient name: A.I.S. Inc. New Bedford, MA NOAA COR: Henry Milliken Report by: Pingguo He and Natalie Jones (SMAST) Date: August 15, 2013
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