Catch Curves and Mortality Rates
- 1 April 1961
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 90 (2) , 181-189
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1961)90[181:ccamr]2.0.co;2
Abstract
The assumptions necessary to obtain a valid estimate of survival rate from a single catch curve are discussed. An example of the best estimate of survival rate and its variance is worked out for the case that age is known exactly for the entire sample. A test for validity of the model is illustrated. Methods of estimating the survival rate are also given when some age groups are combined, when an age-length key is used, and when only a segment of the catch curve is usable. A table is provided to facilitate the estimation in this last case.Keywords
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