Development of Video Electronic Monitoring Systems to Record Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pectinata, Interactions in the Shrimp Trawl Fisheries of the Southeastern United States, with Application to Other Protected Species and Large Bycatches

Shrimp trawl bycatch is a significant source of fishery induced mortality for managed species including red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus Poey), Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus MitcheU), and weakfish (Cynoscion regalis Baloch, Schneider) in the southeastern United States. These species have been overfished and are under both state and federal management plans which include regulations mandating reduction of shrimp trawl bycatch mortality. In 1990 the U.S. Congress passed amendments to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1854) which called for a research program that included the design and evaluation of approaches for reducing shrimp trawl bycatch mortality. A strategic planning initiative addressing finfish bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern Atlantic shrimp fisheries was developed by the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation through funding and guidance provided by the National Marine Fisheries Service. A cooperative research plan was developed in 1992 which included the identification, development, and evaluation of gear options for reducing bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern Atlantic shrimp fisheries. Between 1990 and 1996 one hundred and forty five bycatch reduction conceptual gear designs contributed by fishers, net shops, gear technicians, and biologists were evaluated. Sixteen of these designs were tested on cooperative commercial shrimp vessels by observers under the southeast regional cooperative bycatch program. Analyses of data from commercial vessel testing indicates that two bycatch reduction designs have potential to significantly reduce shrimp trawl bycatch for weakfish and Spanish mackerel in the southeastern Atlantic and two designs have the potential to significantly reduce red snapper bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico. The fisheye and the extended funnel bycatch reduction devices have been mandated for use in the southeastern Atlantic shrimp fishery and the fisheye and Jones/Davis bycatch reduction devices have been mandated for use in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl fishery.

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Range, sexual dimorphism and bilateral asymmetry of rostral tooth counts in the smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata Latham (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) of the southeastern United States

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1810.1.3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1810 (1) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

TONYA R. WILEY ◽

COLIN A. SIMPFENDORFER ◽

VICENTE V. FARIA ◽

MATTHEW T. MCDAVITT

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Sexual Dimorphism ◽

Southeastern United States ◽

Museum Collections ◽

Bilateral Asymmetry ◽

Mean Values ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Taxonomic Uncertainty ◽

Left And Right ◽

Pristis Pectinata

Rostral tooth counts of Pristis pectinata specimens from museum collections, research surveys, and fisheries activities were examined to provide information on sexual dimorphism, bilateral asymmetry, and to aid in the resolution of the taxonomic uncertainty that surrounds the Pristidae. Counts were taken from 105 smalltooth sawfish captured in Florida and Georgia, USA, from 1834 to 2007. The number of rostral teeth present was 22 to 29 per side and 45 to 56 in total. These counts were more constrained, and mean values lower, than historically reported for this species in the literature. Pristis pectinata rostral tooth counts exhibited sexual dimorphism, with males on average having more rostral teeth than females. Bilateral asymmetry in rostral tooth counts was displayed in 73% of individuals, with no consistent side on which the greatest count occurred. No significant difference between left and right side rostral tooth counts was found.

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18. Respiratory Function and PM2.5 Exposure in a Cohort of Firefighters Doing Prescribed Forest Burns in the Southeastern United States

10.3320/1.2758165 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

L. Naeher ◽

C. Carlton ◽

D. MacIntosh ◽

D. Shea ◽

G. Achtemeier

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Respiratory Function ◽

Southeastern United States ◽

Pm2.5 Exposure

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Digitized white-tailed deer densities from 1950 to 2005 for the southeastern United States

Forest Service Research Data Archive ◽

10.2737/rds-2020-0072 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Brice B. Hanberry ◽

Phillip Hanberry

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Southeastern United States

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BOOK REVIEW: Thyrza Nichols Goodeve. HOW LIKE A LEAF: AN INTERVIEW WITH DONNA J. HARAWAY. and Hilary Lapsley. MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT: THE KINSHIP OF WOMEN. and Edited by Nancy Marie White, Lynn P. Sullivan, and Rochelle A. Marrinan. GRIT-TEMPERED: EARLY WOMEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

NWSA Journal ◽

10.2979/nws.2001.13.2.202 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 202-206

Author(s):

Erika Bourguignon

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Southeastern United States ◽

Margaret Mead ◽

Ruth Benedict

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Does Enhancing Mind Perception Affect Conspiracy Belief?

10.31234/osf.io/5m9n6 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jorge Noguera

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Southeastern United States ◽

Social Discourse ◽

Psychological Processes ◽

Social Psychological ◽

Conspiracy Theories ◽

Mind Perception ◽

Mixed Anova ◽

Interaction Term ◽

The Mind

This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a novel mind perception manipulation. Mind perception is currently theorized to be an essential aspect of a number of human social psychological processes. Thus, a successful manipulation would allow for the causal study of those processes. This manipulation was created in an attempt to explore the downstream impact of mind perception on the endorsement of conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are steadily becoming more and more prominent in social discourse. Endorsement of conspiracy theories are beginning to show real world ramifications such as a danger to human health (e.g., in the anti-vaccination movement). A sample of college students (valid N = 53) from a large rural institution in the southeastern United States participated for course credit. These participants completed a mind perception pretest, were randomly assigned to either the manipulation in question (in which participants are asked to consider the ‘mind’ of several targets and write their thoughts about them) or the control condition, and then they completed a posttest. The mixed ANOVA revealed that the interaction term between Time and Condition was not significant. Because the manipulation did not work, other analyses were aborted, in accord with the pre-registration. My Discussion focuses on the procedures and potential shortcomings of this manipulation, in an effort to lay the groundwork for a successful one.

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