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Identifying habitat factors for canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) off Washington and Oregon using environmental data and trawl logbooks

Creator:

Vestfals, Cathleen D.

Abstract:

If fisheries managers are to effectively manage commercially exploited fish populations, a basic understanding of the factors that influence fish distribution and abundance is required. In 2005, efforts to identify Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for the 82 groundfish species managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council along the West Coast...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

slope-dwelling groundfish from Washington to California, Tolimieri and Levin (2006) established that