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Estimation of the Fraction of Anglers Returning Tags
Author(s) -
Youngs William D.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1974)103<616:eotfoa>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fishing , reciprocal , statistics , fraction (chemistry) , fish <actinopterygii> , estimation , fishery , regression , econometrics , geography , regression analysis , mathematics , biology , economics , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , management , organic chemistry
The reciprocal of the slope of the regression of force of total mortality on force of reported fishing mortality provides an estimate of the percent of tags returned from tagged fish which are caught. Necessary conditions for the validity of this procedure are presented. An example of the technique is given.