Relationships between hydroacoustic derived density and gill net catch: Implications for fish assessments

Fisheries Research

Volumn 123-124, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-89

  Dennerline, Donald E ^a   Jennings, Cecil A ^a   Degan, Donald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Aquacoustics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Gill nets; Hydroacoustics; Mixed models; Sampling

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 84858284804     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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