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Multispecies acoustic dead-zone correction and bias ratio estimates between acoustic and bottom-trawl data Kotaro Ono*, Stan Kotwicki, Gjert E. Dingsør, and Espen Johnsen School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, PO Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195-5020, USA Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA Demersal Fish Research Group, Institute of Marine Research, PO Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817 Bergen, Norway Marine Ecosystem Acoustic Research Group, Institute of Marine Research, PO Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817 Bergen, Norway *Corresponding author: tel: þ47 22 85 44 00; fax: þ47 22 85 40 01; e-mail: [email protected]. Present address: The Norwegian Fishing Vessel Owners Association, Slottsgaten 3, NO-5003 Bergen, Norway.