Catch-at-age assessment in the face of time-varying selectivity

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 611-625

  Linton, Brian C ^a   Bence, James R ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured stock assessment; Model selection; Time varying selectivity

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CATCH STATISTICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FISH; FISHERY MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79951993882     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq173     Document Type: Article

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