Estimating multifleet catchability coefficients and natural mortality from fishery catch and effort data:Comparison of bayesian state-space and observation error models

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1171-1181

  Zhou, Shijie ^a   Punt, André E ^a,b   Deng, Roy ^b   Bishop, Janet ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCHABILITY; CRUSTACEAN; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MODELING; FISHING EFFORT; MORTALITY; PRAWN FISHERY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

PENAEUS MONODON; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS;

EID: 79960790048     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-052     Document Type: Article

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