Taking account of catchability in groundfish survey trawls: Implications for estimating demersal fish biomass

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1800-1819

  Fraser, Helen M ^a   Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   Piet, Gerjan J ^b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catchability; Demersal fish; GOV; IBTS

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CATCHABILITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMERSAL FISH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; FOOD WEB; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SURVEY; TRAWL NET;

EID: 44649100402     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm145     Document Type: Article

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