Catch-per-unit effort (CPUE) of the West African croaker Pseudotolithus elongatus in the Cross River Estuary, Nigeria

Catch per unit effort, CPUE is a simple and effective statistical method employed by fisheries scientists to describe the catch status of a particular fishery. It can be presented as the total number of fish per hook, or time spent fishing, or trawler, or fisher. It is usually quantified in tons or kg