Derelict Fishing Gear

The NOAA Marine Debris Program supported the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Aquaculture in hosting a shellfish aquaculture gear management workshop on September 12, 2018, in Cedar Key, Florida. The workshop provided the aquaculture industry and shellfish farmers in Florida with resources and information about aquaculture debris issues including practical gear management techniques, proper gear anchoring methods, and severe-storm preparation strategies. This document includes proceedings from the workshop and additional resources to prevent shellfish aquaculture debris.  

To assess the ecological and economic impacts of derelict blue crab pots in the Chesapeake Bay, a diverse team of researchers from CSS-Dynamac, Inc.; Versar, Inc.; the Virginia Institute of Marine Science; and Global Science & Technology, Inc. recently completed a comprehensive Bay-wide assessment as part of a project funded by the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

In addition to the Chesapeake Bay assessment, the team also created this Guiding Framework for derelict fishing gear assessments, which can be applied to other fisheries and/or regions interested in conducting similar studies. Both documents can be found here.

To assess the ecological and economic impacts of derelict blue crab pots in the Chesapeake Bay, a diverse team of researchers from CSS-Dynamac, Inc.; Versar, Inc.; the Virginia Institute of Marine Science; and Global Science & Technology, Inc. recently completed a comprehensive Bay-wide assessment as part of a project funded by the NOAA Marine Debris Program. In addition to the Chesapeake Bay assessment, the team also created a Guiding Framework for derelict fishing gear assessments, which can be applied to other fisheries and/or regions interested in conducting similar studies. Both documents can be found on this page. This infographic more plainly outlines the results reported in the Chesapeake Bay Assessment. For more information on this project, its results, and to access the downloadable infographic, check out the project profile and this blog post.

These are the proceedings of the Workshop on At-sea Detection and Removal of Derelict Fishing Gear, held December 9–10, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. This document summarizes the discussion on identifying existing knowledge, gaps in understanding, and actions that can be taken to allow progress toward at‐sea detection and removal of derelict fishing gear. Citation: McElwee, K. and C. Morishige (eds.). 2010. Proceedings of the Workshop on At-sea Detection and Removal of Derelict Fishing Gear. December 9-10, 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOSOR&R-34.

These proceedings of the NOAA Submerged Derelict Trap Methodology Detection Workshop, held in June 2009, include a Detection System Selection Guide that was developed based on the discussion at the workshop and the presenter abstracts and presentations. Citation: Morison, S. and P. Murphy (eds.). 2009. Proceedings of the NOAA Submerged Derelict Trap Methodology Detection Workshop. June 2-4, 2009. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS-OR&R-32.