Fishing activity of tuna purse seiners estimated from vessel monitoring system (VMS) data

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1998-2010

  Bez, Nicolas ^a   Walker, Emily ^a,b   Gaertner, Daniel ^a   Rivoirard, Jacques ^c   Gaspar, Philippe ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Parc Technologique du Canal   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHING EFFORT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERCIFORM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUNA FISHERY;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 80555145920     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-114     Document Type: Article

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