Landings: Landings

LandingsR Documentation

Landings

Description

Catch that was recorded dockside. Typically, this is catch that was brought to shore, sorted to species, recorded on a fish ticket after being weighed, and sold to a processing plant.

Usage

Landings

Format

Examples
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

retained catch, wanted catch

Range of possible values

0–Inf

Units

mt, numbers


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