The frequency and quantity of Alaskan groundfish catcher-vessel landings made with and without an observer

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1757-1763

  Faunce, Craig H ^a   Barbeaux, Steven J ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; bias; catch monitoring; fisheries; groundfish; observers

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; VESSEL;

ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051970567     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr090     Document Type: Article

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