Shrimp and Redfish Studies, Bryan Mound Brine Disposal Site Off Freeport, Texas 1979-1981. Vol. IV - Interview Sampling Survey of Shrimp Catch and Effort

An interview sampling survey of shrimp catch and fishing effor was conducted at specified ports along the Texas coast to strengthen the information base required to determine the effect of the disposal of brine from the Bryan Mound salt dome off Freeport, Texas on commercial brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) and white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) populations in the Gulf of Mexico. Catch-effort and mark-recapture data are being used by LGL to estimate rates of shrimp growth, mortality, and migration, as part of an extension of Work Unit 4 (Shrimp Mark-Recapture). These results will be reported in September, 1982.