Evaluating the performance of a multispecies statistical catch-at-age model

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 470-484

  Curti, Kiersten L ^a,b   Collie, Jeremy S ^a   Legault, Christopher M ^b   Link, Jason S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH COMPOSITION; CLUPEOID; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS MORHUA; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS;

EID: 84875921036     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0229     Document Type: Article

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