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- CPUE
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Catch Per Unit of Effort
- DFO
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Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- GFBIO
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Groundfish Biological Database
(Database of biological information on Pacific groundfish species.) - ICCAT
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International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna
- IOP
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International Observer Program
(Atlantic Canada Observer Program) - IPHC
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International Pacific Halibut Commission
- NMFS
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National Marine Fisheries Service
- PacHarv
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Pacific Harvest
(catch database used by DFO Pacific Region) - PacHarvHL
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Pacific Harvest Handline
(fisheries include halibut, rockfish, sablefish, dogfish, and lingcod licences) - PacHarvTrawl
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Pacific Harvest Trawl
(All groundfish trawl)
Dr. Scott Wallace is an independent fisheries scientist (PhD UBC Fisheries Centre) and owner of Blue Planet Research and Education on Vancouver Island, BC. His interests are best management practices and the sustainability of Pacific fisheries. Dr. Steven Campana is a DFO Senior Scientist at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Nova Scotia where he studies Canada’s Atlantic sharks. Dr. Gordon (Sandy) McFarlane is a DFO scientist at the Pacific Biological Station, BC where he studies the biology and distribution of sharks and skates. Dr. Jacquelynne King is a DFO scientist at the Pacific Biological Station, BC where she studies age and growth parameters for big and longnose skates, ageing methodology for sixgill sharks, and distribution and migration of spiny dogfish.
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