Assessing Target Strength, Abundance, and Biomass for Three Commercial Pelagic Fish Species along the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia Using a Split-Beam Echo Sounder

• Main Authors: Hashim, M., Aziz, M. F. H. A., Hassan, R. B., Hossain, M. S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Coastal Education Research Foundation Inc. 2017
• Subjects: HD1394-1394.5 Real estate management
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/81286/; http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-16-00127.1
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Decapterus maruadsi (round scad), Megalaspis cordyla (torpedo scad), and Selar boops (oxeye scad) are commercially important small pelagic fish species of Malaysia. Despite their commercial and ecological value, little is known about their target strength (TS), spatial and vertical distributions, an...