Estimation of the parameters of fish stock dynamics from catch-at-age data and indices of abundance: Can natural and fishing mortality be separated?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1130-1142

  Aanes, Sondre ^a   Engen, Steinar ^b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^b   Aanes, Ronny ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID FISHERY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BOREOGADUS; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 35548983132     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-074     Document Type: Article

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