title: Estimation of exploitation rate by combining mark-recapture procedures with a creel survey.
abstract: Government agencies are usually interested in estimating the annual exploitation rate of a fish population for recreational and commercial fisheries. In this paper, we propose a model-based approach for the estimation of the exploitation rate. Our approach combines mark-recapture procedures with a creel survey (which is a type of angler survey). We consider moment estimation of the exploitation rate. We also consider estimation of the exploitation rate by stratifying the space-time units of the fisheries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA. rdahiya@odu.edu
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dahiya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lakkis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005399:Fishes; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011156:Population Density