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View the PDF document Deep sea bottom handline fishery in Papua New Guinea, a pilot study
Author(s): Sundberg, P.; Richards, A.
Date: 1982
Notes: Report no. 82/3
ASFA Keywords: Catch composition, Deep-sea fisheries, Handlining, Research
Country Collection: Papua New Guinea
Abstract: Bottom handling was performed in three areas: Port Moresby, Milne Bay and Manus. Variance ratio test (X ), show that the catch rates are not Poisson distributed, i. e. random.

View the PDF document Deepwater bottom hand and longlining in the vicinity of Wewak
Author(s): Sundberg, P., Campbell, R.J.
Place: Wewak
Date: 1982
Notes: Report no. 82-6
ASFA Keywords: Deep-water fisheries, Handlining, Longlining, Surveys
Country Collection: Papua New Guinea
Abstract: In January 1982, the Fisheries and Survey Branch commenced a deep-water bottom fishing project. The main objectives of this project are to assess the potential for development of deep-water (80 - 300m) fish as a harvestable resource, and to gain basic biological information on the fish communities living at these depths

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