Among-stock comparisons for improving stock assessments of data-poor stocks: The "robin Hood" approach

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 972-981

  Punt, André E ^a,b   Smith, David C ^a   Smith, Anthony D M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; catch at age analysis; data poor stocks; stock assessment

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; FISHING; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHARK; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 79954468003     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr039     Document Type: Article

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