Evaluating uncertainty in harvest control law catches using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo virtual population analysis with adaptive rejection sampling and including structural uncertainty

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 208-221

  Patterson, K R ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0032983609     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-157     Document Type: Article

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