An outline of a method to back calculate the mackerel spawning stock from egg abundance estimates / Jean-Jacques Maguire.: Fs70-8/79-31E-PDF

"The idea that egg production can be used to calculate the abundance of adult fish required to produce those eggs appears to have been first expressed by Hensen and Apstein (1897). Several decades later the potential value of fish's planktonic eggs studies was widely recognized and Beverton and Holt (1956) stated that it was probably one of the best methods to study the abundance of the adult population"--Introduction.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. Scotia-Fundy Region. Marine Fish Division.
Title An outline of a method to back calculate the mackerel spawning stock from egg abundance estimates / Jean-Jacques Maguire.
Series title CAFSAC research document ; 79/31
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Not to be cited without permission of author"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-15).
Publishing information [Dartmouth, Nova Scotia?] : [Marine Fish Division?], [1979]
Author / Contributor Maguire, Jean-Jacques, 1953- author.
Description 1 online resource (24 pages) : charts, maps.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-8/79-31E-PDF
Subject terms Fisheries
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