FRENCH and DUNN: LOSS FROM HIGH-SEAS GILLNETTING 



' A zero (0) indicates that the net was examined, but no marked fish were observed; a dash 

 ( — ) indicates that the net was not examined. Numbers in parentheses indicate number of possible 

 observations for the time period; difference from the number marked is because some observations 

 were not mode in rough weather. 



- Only one fish was marked in the 98-mm mesh nets. 



up to 11 h, loss rates from the former exceeded 

 the latter (41% vs. 33% ) although the difference 

 was not statistically significant. 



Comparisons of rates of loss of immature and 



maturing salmon present some difficulty be- 

 cause we do not know the maturity status of 

 those fish initially marked which are subse- 

 quently lost from the nets. We may rationally 



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