A perspective on steepness, reference points, and stock assessment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 930-940

  Mangel, Marc ^a,b   MacCall, Alec D ^c   Brodziak, Jon ^d   Dick, E J ^c   Forrest, Robyn E ^e   Pourzand, Roxanna ^a,f   Ralston, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^f ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL METHOD; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84878803225     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0372     Document Type: Review

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