Analysis of "Observer Effect" in Logbook Reporting Accuracy for U.S. Pelagic Longline Fishing Vessels in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Commercial pelagic longline fishers within the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean are required to report all fishing interactions per each gear deployment to NOAA’s Vessel Logbook Program of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center to quantify bycatch, increase conservation efforts, and avoi...

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Main Author: Morrell, Thomas J
Format: Others
Published: NSUWorks 2019
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Online Access:https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/511
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1516&context=occ_stuetd