The effect of improved footrope contact measurements on trawl area swept estimates

Fisheries Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-398

  Von Szalay, Paul G ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimates; Bottom contact sensor; Bottom trawls; Haul effort; Tow distance; Trawl surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BOTTOM TRAWLING; GADOID FISHERY; METHODOLOGY; SENSOR; SURVEYING; TIME SERIES; TRAWL NET;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4644249408     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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