Confidence intervals for trawlable abundance from stratified-random bottom trawl surveys

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 781-794

  Cadigan, Noel G ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCH COMPOSITION; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY; TRAWLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958861704     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-026     Document Type: Article

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