Calibration of commercial fisheries echo sounders using seabed backscatter for the estimation of fishery resources

• Yanhui Zhu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhuyanhui920817@gmail.com

  Affiliation Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-0253

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• Minami Kenji,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan

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• Tsutomu Tokeshi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Fukui Prefectural University, Obama, Japan

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• Yoshihiro Nishiyama,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Electronic Products Division, Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, Japan

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• Akinori Kasai,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Electronic Products Division, Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, Japan

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• Mitsuhiro Matsuura,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Miyazaki Prefectural Advanced Fisheries Training Institute, Miyazaki Prefectural Government, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Hikari Horie,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Fisheries Administration Division, Miyazaki Prefectural Government, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Kazushi Miyashita

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan

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