On the standardization of the fishing effort

[摘要] In this note we demonstrate that the use of an index to standardize the fishing effort using the cpue of a standard vessel or gear is mistaken, once the cpues- catch per unit of total effort after standardization is similar to cpues - catch per unit of effort of the standard vesel or gear arbitrarily chosen.

[关键词] Fishing effort;standardization;Esforço de pesca;padronização