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Fri Oct 30 23:56:26 -0700 2020

Decreases in Shark Catches and Mortality in the Hawaii-Based
Longline Fishery as Documented by Fishery Observers

10.1577/C09–003.1

W Walsh

Bigelow

Problem here is they focus almost entirely on the shark bycatch and not so much the target species

other problem is that they report only number and not biomass

let's pass on this study.

Swordfish
bycatch:catch rate was 1:1 to 1:2
CPUE was 19.2, 22, 12.4 per 1000 hooks

bigeye tuna
bycatch:catch was 1:4 to 1:3 to 1:1.6
CPUE was 5.5 only value reported

mean weight of a swordfish according to Google was:


fuck this study.

