MULTIFAN-CL: A length-based, age-structured model for fisheries stock assessment, with application to South Pacific albacore, Thunnus alalunga

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2105-2116

  Fournier, David A ^a   Hampton, John ^b   Sibert, John R ^c  

^a Otter Research Ltd   (Canada)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FISHERY MODELING; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 0031744165     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-100     Document Type: Article

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