Communities-at-sea are peer-groups of vessels which share a gear type and are associated with a particular port (e.g., vessels from New Bedford, MA that use gillnets). For vessels using trawl gear, small and large trawlers are considered separate communities according to vessel length (<> 65 feet). We used Vessel Trip Report (VTR) data for commercial fishing trips from 1996 to 2014, as reported by vessel captains, to determine the at-sea "servicesheds" or customary fishing grounds of communities...
Show moreCommunities-at-sea are peer-groups of vessels which share a gear type and are associated with a particular port (e.g., vessels from New Bedford, MA that use gillnets). For vessels using trawl gear, small and large trawlers are considered separate communities according to vessel length (<> 65 feet). We used Vessel Trip Report (VTR) data for commercial fishing trips from 1996 to 2014, as reported by vessel captains, to determine the at-sea "servicesheds" or customary fishing grounds of communities.
Rogers, L., Griffin, R., Young, T., Fuller, E., St. Martin, K., Pinsky, M. (2019) Attributes of communities-at-sea, including the size of servicesheds and climate change risk exposure scores, determined from Vessel Trip Report (VTR) data for commercial fishing trips from 1996 to 2014. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2019-04-22 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.765477.1 [access date]
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