Cutting fuel costs: alternatives for commercial fishermen
The shrimp industry, in conjunction with the National Marine Fisheries Service, initiated three energy-related studies in 1981 to help shrimpers adjust to high fuel costs. One project, a joint effort of the Mississippi/Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation, studied fuel use by shrimp vessels. Meant to provide information that could help suggest alternatives to decrease fuel consumption, the project looked at total fuel consumption; running, fishing and searching times; duration of average drag; and catch rate. A second project, conducted by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, looked at fishing vessel fuel use in the U.S. fleet compared to the state of the art of fuel efficiency. The third study, funded through the National Shrimp Congress, was to gather energy conservation information that might help fishermen make decisions about ways to conserve fuel on both a short-term and long-term basis. This report is a summary of the findings of that study.
- Research Organization:
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA). Sea Grant Coll. Program
- OSTI ID:
- 6851186
- Report Number(s):
- PB-84-154764; TAMU-SG-84-504
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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320301* - Energy Conservation
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