. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Florida Department of Food and Resource Economics. Flash freezing could offer crab pro- cessors several benefits, Green says. It could stabilize supplies of crab meat to hand-picking houses. Processors could of- fer pickers a more secure work environ- ment, which should attract better workers. And processors would have better inven- tory control. For consumers, it would extend the avail- ability of hand-picked crab meat beyond summer months and offer a more consis- tent supply of quality product. When all
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Florida Department of Food and Resource Economics. Flash freezing could offer crab pro- cessors several benefits, Green says. It could stabilize supplies of crab meat to hand-picking houses. Processors could of- fer pickers a more secure work environ- ment, which should attract better workers. And processors would have better inven- tory control. For consumers, it would extend the avail- ability of hand-picked crab meat beyond summer months and offer a more consis- tent supply of quality product. When all the costs and benefits are calculated, Green hopes to convince pro- cessors that flash freezing crabs is a viable, profitable way to do business. Sea Grant sleuth Bob Hines is heading south to investigate a new shrimp net that has caught on in Louisiana. The net is called a skimmer trawl, and it's a cross between a butterfly net and a Vietnamese chopstick rig, says Hines, a Sea Grant Marine Ad- visory Service fisheries agent. The net is rigged so that the boat pushes the trawl instead of pulling it as with conventional shrimp rigs. The net has several attributes that led the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation to fund Hines' investigation. First and foremost, it may eliminate the need for turtle excluder devices, or TEDs, a contraption disliked by most shrimpers. The way the net is rigged, the tailbag is fished near the stern of the boat. This allows fishermen to pull it in every 20 minutes without stopping the boat. Any ensnared sea turtle could easily survive a 20-minute tow before being released after the net is hauled back. Likewise, the frequent haul backs should also increase the likelihood that bycatch could be returned to the water alive. The skimmer has even more merits. It improves the quality of the catch, snares less debris, uses less fuel and increases maneuverability. And to top it all off, Bayou shrimpers claim 16-foot skimmer nets can outfis
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