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A Comparison of Otolith and Scale Methods for Aging Pacific Herring
Author(s) -
Chilton Doris E.,
Stocker Max
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1987)7<202:acooas>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - pacific herring , herring , otolith , clupea , fishery , clupeidae , oceanography , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , geology
Estimates of ages from scales and cross sections of otoliths from 1,787 Pacific herring Clupea harengus pallasi were compared to determine agreement in ages between the two structures. There was an overall agreement of 70.1%. Scales are the most suitable structure for age analysis of Pacific herring.