Author: Alexander J. Chester
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Category : Atlantic menhaden
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Atlantic menhaden, Brevootia tyrannus, the object of a major purse-seine fishery along the U.S. east coast, are landed at plants from northern Florida to central Maine. The National Marine Fisheries Service has sampled these landings since 1955 for length, weight, and age. Together with records of landings at each plant, the samples are used to estimate numbers of fish landed at each age. This report analyzes the sampling design in terms of probability sampling theory. The design is classified as two-stage cluster sampling, the first stage consisting of purse-seine sets randomly selected from the population of all sets landed, and the second state consisting of fish randomly selected from each sample set. Implicit assumptions of this design are discussed with special attention to current sampling procedures. Methods are developed for estimating mean fish weight, numbers of fish landed, and age composition of the catch, with approximate 95% confidence intervals. Based on specific results from three ports (Port Monmouth, N.J., Reedville, Va., and Beaufort, N.C.) for the 1979 fishing season, recommendations are made for improving sampling procedures to comply more exactly with assumptions of the sampling design. These recommendations include adopting more formal methods for randomizing set and fish selection, increasing the number of sets sampled, considering the bias introduced by unequal set sizes, and developing methods to optimize the use of funds and personnel.
Sampling Statistics in the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery
Author: Alexander J. Chester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic menhaden
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Atlantic menhaden, Brevootia tyrannus, the object of a major purse-seine fishery along the U.S. east coast, are landed at plants from northern Florida to central Maine. The National Marine Fisheries Service has sampled these landings since 1955 for length, weight, and age. Together with records of landings at each plant, the samples are used to estimate numbers of fish landed at each age. This report analyzes the sampling design in terms of probability sampling theory. The design is classified as two-stage cluster sampling, the first stage consisting of purse-seine sets randomly selected from the population of all sets landed, and the second state consisting of fish randomly selected from each sample set. Implicit assumptions of this design are discussed with special attention to current sampling procedures. Methods are developed for estimating mean fish weight, numbers of fish landed, and age composition of the catch, with approximate 95% confidence intervals. Based on specific results from three ports (Port Monmouth, N.J., Reedville, Va., and Beaufort, N.C.) for the 1979 fishing season, recommendations are made for improving sampling procedures to comply more exactly with assumptions of the sampling design. These recommendations include adopting more formal methods for randomizing set and fish selection, increasing the number of sets sampled, considering the bias introduced by unequal set sizes, and developing methods to optimize the use of funds and personnel.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic menhaden
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Atlantic menhaden, Brevootia tyrannus, the object of a major purse-seine fishery along the U.S. east coast, are landed at plants from northern Florida to central Maine. The National Marine Fisheries Service has sampled these landings since 1955 for length, weight, and age. Together with records of landings at each plant, the samples are used to estimate numbers of fish landed at each age. This report analyzes the sampling design in terms of probability sampling theory. The design is classified as two-stage cluster sampling, the first stage consisting of purse-seine sets randomly selected from the population of all sets landed, and the second state consisting of fish randomly selected from each sample set. Implicit assumptions of this design are discussed with special attention to current sampling procedures. Methods are developed for estimating mean fish weight, numbers of fish landed, and age composition of the catch, with approximate 95% confidence intervals. Based on specific results from three ports (Port Monmouth, N.J., Reedville, Va., and Beaufort, N.C.) for the 1979 fishing season, recommendations are made for improving sampling procedures to comply more exactly with assumptions of the sampling design. These recommendations include adopting more formal methods for randomizing set and fish selection, increasing the number of sets sampled, considering the bias introduced by unequal set sizes, and developing methods to optimize the use of funds and personnel.
NOAA Technical Report NMFS.
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Fishery Bulletin
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Marine Fisheries Review
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C.
Author: United States. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C.
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Category : Anadromous fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Anadromous fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Special Scientific Report
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Circular
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Ecology of East Florida Sea Turtles
Author: W. N. Witzell
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Category : Green turtle
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Category : Green turtle
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Annual Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C.
Author: United States. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C.
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Category : Anadromous fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Anadromous fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Auke Bay, Alaska
Author: United States. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
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Category : Fishery research stations
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Category : Fishery research stations
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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