Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1949
Abstract
(...) We, as a special committee, were instructed to consider the need of a statistical system that would :provide for a detailed record of fish and shellfish taken from the waters of Virginia.· We have reviewed the development of catch records now obtained by state and federal agencies; their original :purpose and use; and their inadequacies and limitations. We have studied the application of catch statistics to practical management problems; their relation to the economic security of the fishing industry'; and their value to law-makers in formulating wise and adequate legislation. We have compared the statistical systems successfully in operation in other states; the methods used in collecting, recording, and analyzing their records; and. the funds and personnel required to undertake this part of their work. (...)
Keywords
Fishery management -- Virginia, Fisheries -- Virginia -- Statistics
Recommended Citation
Hammer, R. C., Van Engel, W., & Atkinson, C. E. (1949) The importance of catch records in the management of the fisheries of Virginia with recommendations for the establishment of a fishery statistical laboratory. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2383
