The impact of Chondrus dragraking on substrate stability in southwestern Nova Scotia / by G.J. Sharp and D.L. Roddick.: Fs70-8/80-69E-PDF
"Dragrakes and handrakes are the Chondrus crispus harvesting tools in southwestern Nova Scotia. Reports of serious substrate damage by the dragrake prompted an extensive survey and experimental program by the Marine Plants Section of Resource Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, in 1979. Dragrakes were found to overturn rocks up to 58 cm x 43 cm maximum dimensions. The total bottom disruption averaged 0.6% to 4.8% of the bottom area, reaching a maximum of 6.8%. Substrate disruption was cumulative - up to eight hours of dragging the same area. The average size of displaced rocks was constant (0.05-0.07 m 2 ) after the peak of harvesting effort. Dragraking was restricted to 43% of the commercial Chondrus beds surveyed and to 11% of the harvest effort. Damage to the resource was sufficient to recommend the development of new harvest methods and phasing out of the dragrake"--Abstract.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. |
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| Title | The impact of Chondrus dragraking on substrate stability in southwestern Nova Scotia / by G.J. Sharp and D.L. Roddick. |
| Series title | CAFSAC research document ; 80/69 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Caption title. Also published as No. 1593 of series: Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences (see Fs97-4/1593E-PDF). Digitized edtion from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans]. "Not to be cited without permission of authors." Includes bibliographical references (page 14). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Halifax, Nova Scotia : Resource Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, [1980]. |
| Author / Contributor | Sharp, G. L., author. Roddick, D. L., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (iii, 14 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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| Subject terms | Fisheries Fisheries technology |