Some Simple Methods of Estimating Mortality Rates of Exploited Fish Populations

1 May 1973

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada

Vol. 30 (5) , 695-698
https://doi.org/10.1139/f73-121

Abstract

Some simple equations are derived from mortality functions that enable estimation of the total mortality coefficient from the mean age and the age of first capture, or the mean length and the length of first capture, of fish in a catch.

Keywords

ESTIMATING MORTALITY
FISH
FUNCTIONS
COEFFICIENT
MORTALITY RATES
EQUATIONS
CATCH
SIMPLE METHODS
METHODS OF ESTIMATING

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