Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station[Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory]

People

 

 
Eleanor A. Bochenek
Marine Scientist
bochenek@hsrl.rutgers.edu
(609) 898-0928 ext. 12
Mailing Address:
  Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (MADF)
  1636 Delaware Avenue
  Cape May, NJ 08204 USA
 

Education

Ph.D. 1989 The College of William and Mary
M.S. 1981 East Stroudsburg University
B.A. 1977 Vassar College

 

Research Interests

My areas of expertise are fisheries and marine resource management with emphasis in gear technology, bycatch, discards, hook and release mortality, socioeconomics, and habitat degradation as well as fisheries management issues and policies. I conduct an education, outreach, and applied research program for the commercial and recreational fishing industries primarily in New Jersey , but also from Massachusetts to North Carolina . I serve as the Science Liaison for the National Fisheries Institute-Scientific Monitoring Committee (commercial trawlers, docks, and processors from Rhode Island to New Jersey ) and also work with the National Fisheries Institute-Clam Committee.

 

Current Research Projects

•Improving the accuracy of length and weight information for the angling category Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery. Northeast Cooperative Science Program, National Marine Fisheries Service.

•Evaluating size and bag limits in the recreational summer flounder fishery. National Marine Fisheries Service, Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council Research Set-Aside Program.

•A study to collect catch and effort data from the 2007 JCAA summer flounder tournament. Jersey Coast Anglers Association.

•Evaluation of Summer Flounder Discard Mortality in the Bottom Trawl Fishery. National Marine Fisheries Service, Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council Research Set-Aside Program

•Discard Mortality in the Summer Flounder Fishery: A New Approach to Evaluation. National Marine Fisheries Service, Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council Research Set-Aside Program

 

Selected Publications

Bochenek, E.A., E.N. Powell, and J. DePersenaire. (submitted).  Recall bias and angler preferences for new approaches to bag and size limits in recreational summer flounder party boat trips.

Bochenek, E.A., E.N. Powell, and J. DePersenaire. (In press). Evaluating catch, effort, and bag limits on summer flounder directed trips in the recreational summer flounder party boat fishery.  Marine and Coastal Fisheries:  Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science Journal

Powell, E.N., E.A. Bochenek, J. DePersenaire and S. King.  (In press).  Injury frequency for discarded summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in the recreational fishery of the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Influence of landing size regulations.

Powell, E.N., E.A. Bochenek, and J. DePersenaire  2010.  Evaluation of bag and size limit options in the management of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus).  Fisheries Research 105(3):215-227.

King, S.E., E.N. Powell, and E.A. Bochenek  2009.   Effect of increase in codend mesh size on discarding in the Loligo squid-directed fishery: a commercial-scale test.  J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 40:41-58

Powell, E.N., A.J. Bonner, S.E. King and E.A. Bochenek . 2006. Survey augmentation using commercial vessels in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: sampling density and relative catchability. J. Applied Ichthyology 22 :471-488.

Bochenek, E.A. , E.N. Powell, A.J. Bonner and S.E. Banta. 2005. Assessment of scup ( Stenotomus chrysops ) and black sea bass ( Centropristas striata ) discards in the directed otter trawl fisheries in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Fish. Bull. 103:1-14.

Powell, E.N., A.J. Bonner, B. Muller and E.A. Bochenek . 2004. Assessment of the effectiveness of scup bycatch-reduction regulations in the Loligo squid fishery. J. of Environ. Manage. 71:155-167.

Hofmann, E.E., E.N Powell, E.A. Bochenek , and J.M. Klinck. 2004. A modeling study of the influence of environment and food supply on survival of Crassostrea gigas larvae. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 61(4):596-616.

Powell, E.N., A.J. Bonner, B.M. Muller and E.A. Bochenek . 2003. Vessel Time Allocation In The U.S. Illex illecebrosus. Fishery. Fisheries Research 61:35-55.

Powell, E.N., E.A. Bochenek , J.M. Klinck, and E.E. Hofmann. 2004. Influence of short-term variations in food on survival of Crassostrea gigas larvae: A modeling study. J. Mar. Res. 62:117-152.

Powell, E.N., E.A. Bochenek , J.M. Klinck and E.E. Hofmann. 2002. Influence of food quality and quantity on the growth and development of Crassostrea gigas larvae: a modeling approach. Aquaculture 210:89-117.

Zimmerman, S.R. and E.A. Bochenek . 2002. Evaluation of the effectiveness of circle hooks in New Jersey 's recreational summer flounder fishery. Extended Abstract. In J.A. Lucy and A.L. Studholme (editors). Catch and Release in Marine Recreational Fisheries. American Fisheries Society Symposium 30. Proceedings of the Symposium, National Symposium on Catch and Release in Marine Recreational Fisheries, Virginia Beach , Va. 1999. 106-109p.

Bochenek, E.A. , J.M. Klinck, E.N. Powell and E.E. Hofmann. 2001. A biochemically-based model of the growth and development of Crassostrea gigas larvae. Journal of Shellfish Research. Vol. 20(1):243-265.

Bochenek, E.A. and J.A. Lucy. 1989. A comparison of two sampling methods for analyzing Virginia 's recreational marlin/tuna fishery. In Stroud, R. (editor). Proceedings 2nd International Billfish Symposium, Kailua-Kona, HI, Part II, Marine Recreational Fisheries 13, National Coalition for Marine Conservation Inc., Savannah, Georgia. 179-190p.

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