Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar - David Bethoney
When: Wednesday,
November 20, 2019
2:30 PM
-
3:30 PM
Where: > See description for location
Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology
Department of Fisheries Oceanography
Seminar Announcement
"How much Donkey Dung is there? Using Collaborative Research to Better Manage the Scotian Shelf Sea Cucumber Resource"
David Bethoney
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Wednesday, November 20 , 2019
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
SMAST East Rooms 101/102
836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford
Abstract:
Sea cumbers are benthic, echinoderms with a global history of over exploitation due to slow population growth, dense, predictable aggregations, and high value. Despite this history, the growing Nova Scotian sea cucumber fishery is managed only through catch per unit effort trends. However, area specific licenses give companies the opportunity to better manage their portion of the resource. One company, Ocean Pride Fisheries, sought fisheries-independent, spatially explicit distribution and abundance estimates. To achieve this goal the company partnered with academic scientists to adapt a drop camera survey method, used to monitor Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) populations since 1999, to monitor sea cucumbers (Cucumaria frondosa). This talk summarizes the progress made towards establishing and continuing this survey method to improve data for sea cucumber fishery management.
To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title.
For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu.
Department of Fisheries Oceanography
Seminar Announcement
"How much Donkey Dung is there? Using Collaborative Research to Better Manage the Scotian Shelf Sea Cucumber Resource"
David Bethoney
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Fisheries Oceanography
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Wednesday, November 20 , 2019
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
SMAST East Rooms 101/102
836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford
Abstract:
Sea cumbers are benthic, echinoderms with a global history of over exploitation due to slow population growth, dense, predictable aggregations, and high value. Despite this history, the growing Nova Scotian sea cucumber fishery is managed only through catch per unit effort trends. However, area specific licenses give companies the opportunity to better manage their portion of the resource. One company, Ocean Pride Fisheries, sought fisheries-independent, spatially explicit distribution and abundance estimates. To achieve this goal the company partnered with academic scientists to adapt a drop camera survey method, used to monitor Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) populations since 1999, to monitor sea cucumbers (Cucumaria frondosa). This talk summarizes the progress made towards establishing and continuing this survey method to improve data for sea cucumber fishery management.
To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title.
For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu.
Contact: > See Description for contact information
Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series