Spatial Assessment of a Biocriteria Applied to Texas Tidal Streams

Table 1

Summary of the gear specifications used each of the studies used for the Coast Wide assessment methodology. Study designations follow Figure 1. Seine net size in feet; mesh size in square inches; seine type either a straight seine or bag seine (bag size is inset); total shoreline length in feet. Otter trawl net size in feet, mesh size and cod end insert size in inches, trawl time in minutes.

Study	Nearshore seine					Midchannel trawl
	Net size	Mesh size	Seine type	Replicates	Shoreline length	Net size	Mesh size	Cod end insert	Trawl time	Replicates
TCEQ-1	15×4	0.125	Straight	5	125	10	1	0.25	5	4
TCEQ-2	15×4	0.187	Straight	5	125	10	1	0.25	5	4
WQS	15×5	0.187	Straight	*	133
	30×6	0.125	Bag (6×6)	*	180	10	1	0.20	5	3
UAA	30×8	0.187	Straight	<3	125
	10×6	0.187	Straight	<6	125	10	1	0.20	5	3
MA	30×8	0.187	Straight	<3	125	10	1	0.20	5	3
NTS	—	—	—	—	—	10	1	0.20	5	3
LCS	20×4	0.125	Bag (4×4)	3	75	20	0.75	0.25	10	3

∗Seine effort designed to cover between 2,000 and 2,700 square feet, not reported in terms of replicates.