Measuring total catch at sea: Use of a motion-compensated flow scale to evaluate observer volumetric methods

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 999-1016

  Dorn, Martin W ^a   Gaichas, Sarah K ^a   Fitzgerald, Shannon M ^a   Bibb, Sally A ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELD METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

BERING SEA;

EID: 0033458695     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0999:MTCASU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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