Portside Sampling and River Herring Bycatch Avoidance in the Atlantic Herring and Mackerel Fishery

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1 Portside Sampling and River Herring Bycatch Avoidance in the Atlantic Herring and Mackerel Fishery Midwater Trawl Vessels Brad Schondelmeier Bill Hoffman Mike Armstrong, PhD Dave Bethoney, PhD Kevin Stokesbury, PhD Rhode Island Bottom Trawl Vessels

2 Presentation Overview Portside Sampling 1. Fleet and Fishery Background 2. Sampling Design 3. Data Gathered 4. Data Utility Credit: JJ Johnson River Herring Bycatch Avoidance 1. Overview of Methods 2. Communication Improvements 3. Preliminary Evaluation Results 4. Future Direction Massachusetts MarineFisheries

3 Mid-water Trawl Fleet 8-12 Pair and Single Vessels feet long metric ton (mt) capacity Vessels make trips/year Crews of 3-7 Portside Sampling Herring/Mackerel Fleet and Fishery Background Herring/Mackerel Fishery Landings AVG ~61,000mt/year, from NJ to ME Gloucester, New Bedford, Portland 4 Herring Management Areas with sub-acls 1 coast-wide Mackerel quota 2-5 hauls/trip Pump fish from net into RSW tanks Effort shifts seasonally Massachusetts MarineFisheries Location of MWT Fishery Effort, Source: NOAA VTR Data

4 Portside Sampling Herring/Mackerel Fleet and Fishery Background Small-mesh Bottom Trawl Fleet 8-12 Vessels feet long metric ton (mt) capacity Vessels make trips/year Crews of 3-4 Herring/Mackerel Fishery Landings AVG ~4,500mt/year Point Judith, North Kingstown, Newport Day trips, 2-5 hauls/trip Lift a few tons at a time into wet holds December-April fishery Location of SMBT Fishery Effort, Credit: Massachusetts MarineFisheries Source: NOAA VTR Data

5 Portside Sampling Sampling Design Systematic Subsampling Based on Northeast Fishery Observer Program (NEFOP) HVF protocols Sample entire offload, sampler breaks permitted Collect basket subsample (20-30kg) of unsorted fish at set intervals (~5 mins) Sort fish by species, length and weigh all bycatch Expand summed species proportions to trip hail Massachusetts MarineFisheries

6 Portside Sampling Data Gathered Species Composition Trip Level Expansion Basket subsample species weights trip level bycatch estimates Length Frequencies Target and Priority Species 100 target species (Atl. Herring and/or Mackerel) Every priority species (alewife, blueback herring, Am. shad, groundfish, etc ) Fish/Sample Collection Atl. Herring, mackerel, river herring collected and frozen Fisheries Effort Data Captains report via DMF-created Tow and Trip reports on laptops, and/or NOAA Cooperative Research evtr/fldrs As part of RHBA, MA DMF has BTConnect account for all MWT vessels Massachusetts MarineFisheries

7 Portside Sampling Data Utility Inform Management Increase Data Available for Science/Decision Making Herring, mackerel and RH/S stock assessments River herring and shad catch limits ASMFC Compliance reports Spawning Closures Outreach/presentations Catch Cap monitoring? Advancing Fisheries Research Quantify and Characterize Catch Bycatch avoidance methods and efficacy (Bethoney et al 2013 ) Bycatch characterization (age, size, maturity, spatial distribution, management implications) (Bethoney et al 2014) Genetic makeup of bycatch (Hasselman et al. In Press) External data requests are considered and filled Inform River Herring/Shad Bycatch Avoidance Programs Massachusetts MarineFisheries

8 Methods: Rapid Communication Data sources: MA DMF portside sampling Incorporate NEFOP (10%), NOAA Study Fleet (3%), Maine DMR portside (2%) Increase at-sea communication and accountability BTConnect access and a Responsible Fishing Agreement Laptops, BTVessel program and BT Forms Participating Vessels Tow Information Daily with NEFOP Observers River herring catch estimates Advisories when necessary MA DMF and SMAST Sample Unobserved Trips ( 50%) Aggregate data Classify Tows/Trips

9 Methods: Advisories Gulf of Maine Cape Cod Area2 Bycatch Thresholds Gulf of Maine CapeCod/521 Area 2 Mid-water Area 2 Bottom trawl HIGH >1.00% >0.25% >0.60% >1.00% Moderate % % % % Low <0.30% <0.15% <0.20% <0.50%

10 Methods: Advisories To: MWT Herring Fleet From: Immediate Bycatch Alerts Recent sampling has indicated HIGH bycatch (>0.6%) in Area2 grid cells J14, J15. Please be advised OR Weekly Sampling Summaries For week ending 2/14/15-7 trips sampled, avg RHS= 0.15% in Area2 grid. [Your vessel] had 2 trips sampled, avg RHS=0.35%

11 Results Increased communication/awareness Over 100 bycatch advisories sent» Weekly and Immediate (for high events)» Evidence of behavior changes» Limited Entry into areas classified as high bycatch areas Over 350 communications sent by vessels each year Over 200 BTVessel Tow Reports sent so far Sustained Participation All mid-water trawl vessels (9/9 vessels report NEFOP data from at sea) Majority of Rhode Island bottom trawl vessels (6/8 that had >100mt last 2 yrs) Bycatch Reduction? Exploitable time/space patterns Numerical Evidence Not designed as experiment Total bycatch

12 Results Percent of catch River herring and Shad Pre ( ): 0.7% During ( ): 0.1%

13 Results Fall 2011 Fall 2014 Circulate Depth Information >40 fth Alosines unlikely Atlantic herring likely Avoidance Grid

14 Results Percent of catch River herring and Shad Pre ( ): 1.1% During ( ): 0.5% Umass-D SMAST

15 Results Winter /21/13 1/28/13 End of 2013

16 Results Percent of catch River herring and Shad Pre ( ): 0.4% Total catch of River herring and Shad Pre ( ): 460 mt (0.29) During ( ): 0.8% During ( ): 390 mt (0.16) 2012, No Grid

17 Results Winter 2013 Evidence for intra-annual bycatch reduction in RI bottom trawl fishery 65% cell classified as high avoided 10% of re-entries into a high cells resulted in high bycatch event 6 of the top 10 highest catches of river herring by weight 30% of all bycatch

18 Future Atlantic Herring RSA Proposal 1. Portside sample at least 50% of mid-water trawl trips landed in Massachusetts 2. Continue the river herring avoidance program with mid-water trawlers 3. Advance the avoidance program through habitat forecasts 4. Comprehensive evaluation of program 1. Total river herring and shad bycatch 2. Bycatch rates 3. Frequency of high bycatch events 4. Fishing patterns 5. Context of target species and river herring abundance, distribution, and catchability (in relation to the environment and regulations)

19 Acknowledgements Mid-water trawl Fishing Vessels: Western Venture, Osprey, Endeavour, Challenger, Enterprise, Retriever, Sunlight, Starlight, Providian, Voyager, Jean McCausland, Isabel Taylor, Nordic Explorer, Dona Martita, Dyrsten Numerous Industry members: Owners, shoreside personnel Small mesh bottom trawl Fishing Vessels: Heather Lynn, Ocean State, Sea Breeze Too, Darana R, Prevail, Lightning Bay, Elizabeth & Katherine, Tiger Jo Numerous Industry members: Owners, shoreside personnel Atlantic Herring Research Set Aside Program (NOAA Cooperative Research) Funding Collaborators Northeast Fisheries Observer Program Maine Dept. of Marine Resources NOAA Study Fleet A.I.S., Inc P. Moore & D. Georgianna (project initiators)

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