“Study on Behavior of Blue Swimming Crab for Improving Catch Selectivity and Catch Efficiency of Collapsible Pot Fishery”
Thesis chapters ;
1. General Introduction of collapsible pot fishery in the Thailand
2. Catch analysis of blue swimming crab pot from the commercial and small
scale boat
3. Capture and escape process of blue swimming crab in pot fishing
4. Use the crab behavior to modify the pot for improving catch selectivity and catch efficiency
5. Size and species selectivity of modified pot in the field trial
6. Simulation ghost fishing from blue swimming crab pot
Research Activities ;
1. Onboard data collecting with Thai collapsible crab pot fishermen
2. The catch analysis
3. Simulated crab pot ghost fishing
4. Crab behavior observation in laboratory
5. Escape vent for selectivity experiment
6. Crab pot slope net (entrance net) comparison
7. Fishing comparison (conventional VS modified pot)