Effects of Fishing Gear
on the Sea Floor of New England
edited by:
Eleanor M. Dorsey/Conservation Law Foundation
Judith Pederson/Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Sea Grant College Program
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Table of Contents
| iii |
Preface |
| iv |
Conference Steering Committee |
| v |
Acknowledgments |
| 1 |
Introduction Eleanor M. Dorsey &Judith Pederson |
THE NEW ENGLAND SEA FLOOR: DESCRIPTION AND
NATURAL DISTURBANCE
| 8 |
Geological overview of the sea floor of New England
Eleanor M. Dorsey |
| 15 |
Mapping the surficial. geology of the western
Gulf of Maine Joseph T Kelley |
| 20 |
Benthic fauna of soft substrates in the Gulf
of Maine Les Watling |
| 30 |
Natural disturbance and colonization on subtidal.
hard substrates in the Gulf of Maine Jon D. Witman |
| 38 |
Bottom habitat requirements of groundfish Richard
Langton |
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF FISHING GEAR EFFECTS
ON THE SEA FLOOR
| 46 |
Bottom tending gear used in New England Ron
Smolowitz |
| 53 |
Studies in New England of fishing gear impacts
on the sea floor Jeremy Collie |
| 63 |
Studies in eastern Canada on the impact of mobile
fishing gear on benthic habitat and communities Donald C Gordon Jr.,
Peter Schwinghamer, Terrence W Rowell, Jens Prena, Kent Gilkinson, W Peter
Vass and David L. McKeown |
| 68 |
Ecosystem effects of demersal fishing: A European
perspective Stuart I. Rogers, Michell Kaiser,and Simon Jennings |
FISHERMEN'S PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR GEAR AND
ON FISH HABITATS
| 80 |
Bottom trawling on soft substrates Frank Mirarchi |
| 85 |
Bottom trawling on hard substrates Bill Gell |
| 87 |
Gillnet fishing John Williamson |
| 90 |
Scallop dredge fishing James Kendall |
| 94 |
Lobster trap fishing Thomas Morell |
| 96 |
Bottom longline fishing Mark Leach |
MINIMIZING FISHING GEAR IMPACTS TO THE SEA
FLOOR
| 100 |
Conservation engineering: Options to minimize
fishing's impacts to the sea floor H. Arnold Carr and
Henry Milliken |
| 104 |
Implications of the essential fish habitat provisions
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act Jonathan M. Kurland |
SHORT TAKES: ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS BY
FISHERMEN AND SCIENTISTS
| 108 |
The effect of dredge harvesting on eastern oysters
and the associated benthic community Richard Langan |
| 111 |
Another approach to scallop production, habitat
concerns, and biodiversity Richard Taylor |
| 115 |
Changes to the sea floor in the Chatham area
Fred Bennett |
| 117 |
A better urchin drag Kristan Porter |
| 119 |
Brief notes on habitat geology and clay pipe
habitat on Stellwagen Bank Page Valentine |
| 121 |
Observations of a fisherman and spotter pilot
in the Gulf of Maine Bill Doughty |
| 123 |
Post-settlement survivorship of juvenile Atlantic
cod and the design of marine protected areas James
Lindholm, Peter Auster, Les Kaufman, and Matthias Ruth |
| 129 |
Deep sea corals off Nova Scotia Mark Butler |
| 132 |
Observations on lobster trap fishing Jack
Merrill |
| 134 |
Sediment resuspension by bottom fishing gear
James H. Churchill |
| 138 |
"The Edge of the Bottom"-heavily trawled and
consistently productive Craig Pendleton |
DISCUSSION
| 140 |
Summary of discussion and recommendations from
the conference Eleanor M. Dorsey and Judith Pederson |
APPENDICES
| 146 |
Appendix 1: Species list |
| 150 |
Appendix 2: Discussion session recommendations
and comments |
COLOR PLATES
| 153 |
Figures reprinted in full color |
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