Results of 2008 cod aging exchange
using randomly selected samples from the 2006 NEFSC autumn survey.
(A) Age-bias plot, showing the average age attained by the DFO age reader
versus the ages attained by the NEFSC age reader. Error bars indicate
95% confidence intervals. (B) Age-frequency table, showing each reader's ages.
Numbers in the shaded boxes indicate agreement between the two ages. Numbers
above this diagonal indicate fish which were given higher ages by the DFO age reader; those below the shaded boxes were given higher ages by the NEFSC
age reader. Total age frequencies are given by age for both readers. (C) Results summary, indicating results for the NEFSC reader relative to each age for the
DFO reader.
| Species: |
Cod
| Test Type: |
2008 U.S./Canada Exchange
| | Sample Source: |
2006 Fall Survey (200610)
| Stock Area: |
Georges Bank
| | Age Reader*: |
NS vs. BH
| Date Completed: |
Spring 2008
| | Sample Size: |
60
| CV: |
2.83%
| | Agreement: |
88.3%
| Bowker's test: |
Not significant
| | *The DFO age reader is listed first; this does not imply that reader's ages are expected to be more reliable.
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