Analysis of the relative fishing power of the mexican purse seine fleet operating in the eastern Pacific

Around 80% of the boats in the Mexican tuna fleet are purse seiners. These boats have different sizes and consequently different ranges to produce fishing mortality. The relative fishing power is estimated to minimize these differences and use it to standardize fishing effort as an index of fishing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S Ortega-García, A Muhlia-Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 1992-03-01
Series:Ciencias Marinas
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Online Access:http://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/883