Fork length definition

Fork length means the straight linear distance from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail.

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Fork length means the length of a fish as measured from the most forward point of the head to the rear center edge of the tail.

Fork length means that distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout to the tip of the median caudal fin rays of a fish.

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YES / NO (Please label species, date, geographic site and vessel name when transmitting photo and/or video) Date and Time reported to NMFS Stranding Hotline: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Information: (please designate cm/m or inches and kg or lbs) Species: Fork length (or total length): Weight: Condition of specimen/description of animal: Fish Decomposed: NO SLIGHTLY MODERATELY SEVERELY Fish tagged: YES / NO If Yes, please record all tag numbers.
Detroit ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Cougar Lookout Fall Creek 250 200 Fork length (mm) 150 100 50 0 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Cougar Detroit ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Lookout Point Fall Creek 240 220 200 Fork length (mm) 180 160 140 120 100 Figure 2-3.
Cougar ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ South Santiam 200 200 150 150 100 100 50 50 Fork length (mm) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Lookout Point MF Willamette Detroit N Santiam 200 150 50 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Date Date Differences in fall ▇▇▇▇ size among reservoirs were consistent with results from 2012 and 2013 (Appendix Figure A-4).
Fork length of the juvenile bluefin tuna ranged from 57cm to 97cm (corresponding to ages 1 and 2 based on age-length key by Cort [1991]), and were estimated to be born in 2011.
YES / NO (Please label species, date, geographic site and vessel name when transmitting photo and/or video) Date and Time reported to NMFS Stranding Hotline: Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) Information: Fork length (or total length): Condition of specimen/description of animal: Fish Decomposed: NO SLIGHTLY MODERATELY SEVERELY Fish tagged: YES / NO If Yes, please record all tag numbers.

More Definitions of Fork length

Fork length means the straight-line measurement of a fish from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail. The measurement is not made along the curve of the body.

Fork length means the length of a fish laid flat and measured from the tip of the closed mouth (snout) to the center of the fork of the tail. It is a straight line measure, not over the curvature of the body.

Fork length. , in respect of a fish, means the length of the fish measured from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail;

Fork length means that length measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose of the shark to the center of the fork of the tail of the shark.

Fork length means the straight-line distance from the most forward point of the fish with the mouth closed, to the rear center edge of the tail.

Fork length means the length of a fish measured from the most forward projection of the snout, with the mouth closed, to the fork of the tail along the midline, using a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body.

Fork length means a length determined by measuring along a straight line the distance from the tip of the snout with the mouth closed to the middle of the fork in the caudal (tail) fin, except that fork length for billfish is measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the middle of the fork of the caudal (tail) fin.