Catch: Catch

CatchR Documentation

Catch

Description

Everything that died due to fishing, i.e., both landed and discarded fish.

Usage

Catch

Format

Examples

recreational catch

Rationale

Landings and catch are sometimes thought to be interchangeable but they are not given that catch can also include bycatch or unwanted catch.

Alternatives

total mortality, harvest, total removals

Range of possible values

0–Inf

Units

mt, numbers


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