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Possibly assuming a random distribution of trawling tracks when compu… #6

Closed frabas closed 5 years ago

frabas commented 5 years ago

…ting SAR (wip)

frabas commented 5 years ago

Instead of assuming the worst-case scenario where the trawl tracks occur back-to-back in a given grid cell, we might better assume a random distribution of trawling tracks within grid cells (see 2017 report of WGSFD and Ellis et al., 2014, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. 71:733-746). Total area fished estimated when assuming a random distribution of trawling tracks within the grid cell should be less than the back to back unlikely assumption...