HOW MANY LOBSTERS ARE IN THE SEA?

Ernest Enns; Bruce Smith

doi:10.5566/ias.v19.p57-60

HOW MANY LOBSTERS ARE IN THE SEA?

Authors

Ernest Enns
Bruce Smith

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5566/ias.v19.p57-60

Keywords:

lobsters, stereology, stochastic geometry

Abstract

A lobster fishery must have a reasonable estimate of the number of lobsters within the fishery in order to regulate the annual harvest. Stereological sampling procedures are used to estimate the number of lobsters in a defined region of the sea. From a given point in the fishery, a selective sample in a random direction to the boundary of the fishery is taken. This is repeated to generate a systematic sample from which the total population is estimated.

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Published

2011-05-03

How to Cite

Enns, E., & Smith, B. (2011). HOW MANY LOBSTERS ARE IN THE SEA?. Image Analysis and Stereology, 19(1), 57–60. https://doi.org/10.5566/ias.v19.p57-60