Estimating Catch Weight of Reef Fish Species Using Estimation and Intercept Data from the Hawaii Marine Recreational Fishing Survey

Download or read book Estimating Catch Weight of Reef Fish Species Using Estimation and Intercept Data from the Hawaii Marine Recreational Fishing Survey written by Ivor Douglas Williams and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The goal of the work covered in this report was to use information gathered by NOAA's Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) to generate reef fish catch estimates during the years 2004-2011 in Hawaii. The goal is to provide an explicit and transparent means to generate substitution weights (i.e., a mean weight per fish caught per taxon and fishing mode) for MRIP expansion records that include estimated harvest (number of fish caught) but not estimated catch weight"--Objectives and background.