Assessment of landed and non-landed by-catch of walleye, yellow perch and white perch from the commercial gillnet fisheries of Lake Erie, 1994-2007

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-334

  Li, Yan ^a   Jiao, Yan ^a   Reid, Kevin ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ontario Commercial Fisheries Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

By catch; Delta AdaBoost model; Lake Erie; Walleye; White perch; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

BY-CATCH; DELTA-ADABOOST MODEL; LAKE ERIE; WALLEYE; WHITE PERCH; YELLOW PERCH;

ADAPTIVE BOOSTING; FISHERIES; SURVEYS;

LAKES;

BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DATA SET; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY SURVEY; GILLNET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCID;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

MORONE AMERICANA; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 79958064055     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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