Stock synthesis: A biological and statistical framework for fish stock assessment and fishery management

Fisheries Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-99

  Methot, Richard D ^a   Wetzel, Chantell R ^a,b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishery management; Population models; Stock assessment; Stock synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872038563     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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