2014 discard estimation, precision, and sample size analyses for 14 federally managed species groups in the waters off the Northeastern United States

Authors :: Wigley, Susan E.
Blaylock, J. (Jessica)
Rago, Paul J.
Shield, G.
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Region, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 2014.
Abstract: This report describes the analysis of the expected coverage needed by at-sea observers for northeastern US fisheries for the April 2014 th rough March 2015 period using the Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology. The sea days needed to achieve a precision-based performance standard (30% coefficient of variation of the discard estimate) were updated by using July 2012 through June 2013 data.

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