For this seminar, the Council hosted a presentation from Georgia Southern University on working waterfronts in Georgia. The presentation described available fishing infrastructure in Georgia and the industry members utilizing that infrastructure. Information for the project was collected through a census of historic and current industry infrastructure, case studies, spatial analysis, a survey of seafood […]
Dr. Tracy Smart with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources provides an overview of distributional and habitat use changes of Red Porgy along the South Atlantic coast. These changes in distribution or habitat could prevent the Red Porgy stock from recovering despite having a rebuilding plan in place. Based on data collected through a […]
Dr. John Walter with NOAA Fisheries provides a presentation on the development of a management strategy evaluation for ICCAT Bluefin Tuna. The Council is considering developing a management strategy evaluation (MSE) for the Snapper Grouper Fishery and NOAA Fisheries is considering developing one for the Dolphin Wahoo fishery. This presentation is a primer on management […]
Dr. Brendan Runde, NOAA Fisheries Post Doc, provides a presentation estimating release mortality for South Atlantic reef fishes (snapper grouper species). Release mortality is a significant concern in the South Atlantic region where a substantial number of snapper grouper species are released and barotrauma, depredation, and other factors can limit the survival of released fish. […]
Drs. Mandy Karnauskas and Matt McPherson, NOAA Fisheries, provide a description of the Dolphin and Wahoo fishery based on participatory workshops held with stakeholders from North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida. The researchers met with fishermen to discuss key factors that influence the fishery and identify major concerns and important values for the stakeholders. The fishermen […]
In this seminar, Kevin Spanik with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, describes his research on DNA Barcoding of Red Snapper gut contents. DNA barcoding is a genetic technique that can identify decomposed prey in a predators stomach. Mr. Spanik describes the prey of Red Snapper of the coast of the Georgia and Carolinas. […]
Dr. Wessley Mertin with the Dolphinfish Research Program provides a description of this long-term Dolphinfish tagging program. The Dolphinfish Research Program has been tagging fish since 2002. Tagging occurs by volunteers throughout the Atlantic Ocean with most tags deployed in the South Atlantic region and some satellite tags have been deployed. Based on the tagging […]