Correcting for effective area fished in fishery-dependent depletion estimates of abundance and capture efficiency

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1760-1771

  Walter III, John F ^a,b   Hoenig, John M ^a   Gedamke, Todd ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DeLury depletion; Gear efficiency; Kriging; Placopecten magellanicus; Scallops; Vessel monitoring systems

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CAPTURE METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; KRIGING; SCALLOP CULTURE;

PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 44649128194     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm147     Document Type: Article

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