Towards acoustic monitoring of a mixed demersal fishery based on commercial data: The case of the Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery (Western Australia)

Ongoing monitoring of complex, mixed species environments is a challenging task. In this study, the potential of acoustic and catch data collected aboard a commercial fishing vessel, in combination with geostatistical variance estimates, are explored as a means to derive information on the distribution and abundance of key species groups within selected fishing regions. The FV Carolina M, a trap fishing vessel which operates in waters off...