Estimating catch at age from market sampling data by using a Bayesian hierarchical model

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Hirst, David ^a   Aanes, Sondre ^b   Storvik, Geir ^a,c   Huseby, Ragnar Bang ^a   Tvete, Ingunn Fride ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Catch at age; Fishery statistics; Markov chain monte carlo methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342303691     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2004.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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