Integrating design- and model-based inference to estimate length and age composition in North Pacific longline catches

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1092-1114

  Miller, Timothy J ^a,b   Skalski, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH STATISTICS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OTOLITH; PRODUCTIVITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; BERING SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745601382     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-022     Document Type: Article

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