West Coast Groundfish Observer Program Manual, Part2 - NOAA

CHAPTER 6
• Species Code - Record the species code of the
corresponding species. See Appendices A and B
for lists of species and species codes.
• Method – Record the Biological Sampling Method
used to obtain fish for length frequencies.
6 - Outside and Nonrandom
7 - Outside and Random
8 - Inside and Nonrandom
9 - Inside and Random
• Sex – Record M – Male, F – Female, or U –
Unknown (individuals where the sex cannot be
determined). If you did not attempt to sex the
individual, LEAVE THE COLUMN BLANK!
• KP Length – Sum up all of the length by species
and note total of all lengths in the KP Length
(keypunch length) column.
• KP Frequency - Sum up all of the frequencies by
species and note total of all frequencies in KP Freq
(keypunch frequency) column.
• Length – Record the length of the group of fish, in
centimeters.
• Freq – Record the number of individual fish in
each length group.
6-40 1/30/2004