How to collect verifiable length data on tuna from photographs: An approach for sample vessels

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 907-915

  Chang, Shui Kai ^a   Lin, Ta Te ^a   Lin, Ghung Hui ^a   Chang, Hsiang Yun ^b   Hsieh, Ching Lu ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fish length; Photograph based length measurement; Sample vessel

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOGRAPH; RESEARCH VESSEL; SAMPLING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 66249091200     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp108     Document Type: Article

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