Standardized bycatch reporting methodology 3-year review report 2011, part 1

"This document represents Part 1 of the 2011 SBRM 3-year Review Report and reviews the annual information presented in SBRM 2009, 2010 and 2011 with regard to the recent levels of observer coverage and observed encounters with species. This report also presents estimates of total discards and their associated precision for SBRM species groups and the individual species comprising these groups, by fleet5 and SBRM year. These annual discard estimates have not previously been presented"--Introduction. by S.E. Wigley, J. Blaylock, P.J. Rago, J. Tang, H.L. Haas, and G. Shield. "April 2011." Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-31).