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2000 bottom trawl survey of the eastern Bering Sea continental shelf
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Series: AFSC processed report ; 2000-10
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Alternative Title:Bottom trawl survey of the eastern Bering Sea continental shelf
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Description:The Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center conducts annual bottom trawl surveys to monitor the condition of the demersal fish and crab stocks of the eastern Bering Sea continental shelf. The standard study area, surveyed each year since 1979, encompasses a major portion of the eastern Bering Sea shelf between the 20-m and the 200-m isobaths and from the Alaska Peninsula north to approximately the latitude of St. Matthew Island (60" 50' N). In 2000, this area was again surveyed by two chartered trawlers, the 40-m FN Arcturu,s and the 40-m F/V Aldebaran. Demersal populations were sampled by trawling for 30 minutes at stations centered in a 20x20 nautical mile grid covering the survey area. At each station, species composition of the catch was determined and commercially important species were sampled to obtain length distributions and age structure samples. Survey results presented in this report include relative fishing powers of the survey vessels, abundance estimates for fish and invertebrates, geographic distributions of important fish species and size composition of principal fish species. Surface and bottom temperatures recorded at each sampling station are also presented. Appendices provide station data, species listings, and detailed results of analyses of abundance and biological data of the sampled populations.
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Content Notes:Deborah Nebenzahl and Pamela Goddard, compilers ; Bering Sea Subtask, Erika Acuna, Gerald R. Hoff, Robert McConnaughey, Gary Mundell, Deborah Nebenzahl, Daniel Nichol, Terrance Sample, Keith Smith, Gary Walters.
"December 2000."
Also available online in PDF format via AFSC and the NOAA Central Library.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).
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