Size of mackerel in research vessel trawls and commercial purse-seine catches: Implications for acoustic estimation of biomass

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 989-994

  Slotte, Aril ^a   Skagen, Dankert ^a   Iversen, Svein A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic biomass estimation; Mackerel; Purse seine; Trawl

Indexed keywords

IVA; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 77953941503     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm070     Document Type: Article

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