| Footnote 11. From an economic perspective, it would be more reasonable to assume that the main
species was that with the largest contribution to trip revenues. Historically,
however, the bycatch analysis does not incorporate economic values, focusing
instead on physical features such as weight. For consistency the same method
was used in this study. This differs from target species, which is recorded in
the observer data based on a vessel captain’s intentions at the beginning of
the trip, but is not available for VTR records. |