An attempt at estimating the effective fishing height of the bottom trawl using acoustic survey recordings

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 967-979

  Hjellvik, Vidar ^a   Michalsen, Kathrine ^a   Aglen, Asgeir ^a   Nakken, Odd ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey recordings; Bottom trawl catches; Cod; Correlation analysis; Effective fishing height; Logistic catchability function

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CATCHABILITY; GADOID; HEIGHT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BARENTS SEA;

ARCTOGADUS GLACIALIS; GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 0141685840     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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