Efficiency of Geographical and Depth Stratification in Error Reduction of Groundfish Survey Results: Case Study Atlantic Cod off Greenland

Groundfish bottom trawl surveys carried out by research or commercial vessels have been primarily initiated in order to obtain information on biological parameters of fish stocks such as sexual and age composition, maturity and spawning, growth, feeding etc. In addition to these qualitative characte...

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Main Author: Hans-joachim Rätz
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.557.1830
http://archive.nafo.int/open/studies/s28/ratz.pdf
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Summary:Groundfish bottom trawl surveys carried out by research or commercial vessels have been primarily initiated in order to obtain information on biological parameters of fish stocks such as sexual and age composition, maturity and spawning, growth, feeding etc. In addition to these qualitative characteristics, the quantitative information on age disaggregated fish abundance derived from bottom trawl surveys is a