Definitions for "Catch Per Unit Of Effort"
Keywords:  cpue, caught, abundance, fish, effort
The catch of fish, in numbers or in weight, taken by a defined unit of fishing effort. Also called: catch per effort, fishing success, availability .
Measures the relative success of fishing operations, but also can be used as a proxy for relative abundance based on the assumption that CPUE is linearly related to stock size. The use of CPUE that has not been properly standardized for temporal-spatial changes in catchability should be avoided.
the number or weight of fish caught by a unit of fishing effort; for example, 80 kilograms per hour of trawling. CPUE is often used as a measure of fish abundance.
Keywords:  contiguous, zone
Contiguous Zone