Study finds North Carolina's shrimpers would land larger, higher priced shrimp with a later season
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [WUNC] by Eric Hodge - December 16, 2014
A Duke University study says North Carolina coastal fishermen could make more money and preserve the shrimp fishery, if they'd wait until late in the season for the big catch.
Duke Environmental Economics Professor Martin Smith is a lead author of the study. He analyzed State Marine Fisheries data showing fishing vessel size, the size of the catch, and what it sold for on a daily basis over six years.
“In a fishery like North Carolina shrimp fishery, what we need to do is find a way to get people to exert less effort early in the season so that there are more and larger shrimp to catch later in the season.”
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