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Hancock 

 . Bank 



Kure 



Atoll '^"^"ay 

 Island 



Salmon Bank ' 



Pearl & Hermes 

 Reef 

 Laysan 

 Island 



Lisianski ^ 

 Island 



Maro 

 Reef 



Northwestern 

 Hawaiian Islands 



Ralta 



Bank Gardner 



'-■' Pinnacles 



Necker 

 Island 



Nihoa 



180 



Pacific Oci'ciu 



175 



30 



25' 



Kauai 



A Molokai 

 Oahu .;'J^^Maui 



170" 



165 



Mam 

 Hawaiian Islands 



160 



155" 



Figure 1 



Map of the Hawaiian Archipelago. 



mortality rate of discarded lobsters is greater than 75"*, 

 the WPRFMC amended the Crustaceans FMP in 1996 to 

 allow the retention of all lobsters caught in the NWHI com- 

 mercial lobster-trap fishery subject to the quota on total 

 catch (WPRFMC). The WPRFMC also recommended that 



NMFS conduct experiments to assess mortality associated 

 with possible handling and discarding practices. 



This study reviews research conducted in the NWHI on 

 fishery-induced mortality of sublegal and berried lobsters. 

 The authors examined on-deck mortality of sublegal and 



