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Fishing Pressure in Black Sea Bass(Centropristis striata): What Can We Learn From Who's Getting Caught?

• Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) are an important species for fishermen and the economy. These fish provide sport and food for many people who live on the east coast of the US, and are heavily fished in the North Atlantic where the average catch is 1,600 mt per year (Shepherd & Nieland 2010). • They are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they can change sex from female to male (Lavenda 1949). If fishing length limits result in fishing mortality that disproportionately targets large males, then rates of female sex change may increase, which could affect spawning rates. • Different types of fishing gear can impose different selections on a fish population. Knowing the gear selectivity on sex will help fishery managers understand how fishing pressure can affect population dynamics of a sex changing species. Objective: Determine gear selectivity on sex by measuring the sex ratio of black sea bass caught off of the coast of New Jersey for potting and angling gears. Background Catherine Wright1, Mikaela Provost2, Olaf Jensen2