Acoustic portrait of herring in Vestfjord, january 1996, with geostatistical analysis

• Main Authors: Foote, Kenneth G., Ostrowski, Marek
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 1996
• Subjects: herring; sild; acoustics; akustikk; distribution; utbredelse; stock assessment; bestandsberegning; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ethology: 485; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923; Tysfjord; Vestfjord
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105625

In January 1996 the stock of Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) was acoustically surveyed in the wintering area. Both immature and mature fish were present. Because of the comparative lateness of the survey, the spawning migration had already begun, and the total survey area extende...