Acoustic assessment of the biomass of a spawning aggregation of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus, collett) off south-eastern Australia, 1990-93

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1015-1024

  Kloser, R J ^a   Koslow, J A ^a   Williams, A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISHERY ACOUSTICS; ORANGE ROUGHY; SPAWNING POPULATION; SPAWNING POPULATIONS;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

ATLANTICUS; HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 0030302466     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9961015     Document Type: Article

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