| Abstract: | Fishery workers in the United States and Canada are unable to think readily in terms of the metric system of weights and measurements. Even long experience does not make it possible to form a clear idea as to the actual size of fish for which lengths and weights are given in metric units, without first converting to the English system. A more general adoption of the English system of weights and measurements in fishery work is recommended. The use of English units exclusively is suggested for articles of a popular or semi-popular nature, but in more formal publications the key information, at least, should be recorded in both systems. In highly technical papers metric units alone may prove satisfactory. Agreement is also lacking as to which length measurement of fish is suited best for uniform adoption. The total length is recommended here for the reason that it is the only measurement that includes all of the fish. This length is defined as the distance from the tip of the head (jaws closed) to the tip of the tail with the lobes compressed so as to give the maximum possible measurement. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 1000213 |
| Citation Author: | Hile, Ralph |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Great Lakes Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 164 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 7 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 157-164 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Standardization of methods of expressing lengths and weights of fish; 1948; Article; Journal; Transactions of the American Fisheries Society; Hile, Ralph |
| Citation Start Page: | 157 |
| Citation Volume: | 75 |
| Citation Year: | 1948 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Standardization of methods of expressing lengths and weights of fish; 1948; Article; Journal; Transactions of the American Fisheries Society; Hile, Ralph |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 1948 00:00 -0600 |
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