Oceanographic factors affecting the catchability of Pacific Ocean perch, Sebastes alutus (Gilbert)

A main concern in fisheries science has been to identify an accurate index of fish abundance. An underlying paradigm in the science has been that the amount of effort (calculated in hours and standardized for boat size) spent fishing was the best variable to be used to account for the variation in c...

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Main Author: Scott, Beth Emily
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29875