Integrated, age-structured, length-based stock assessment model with uncertain process variances, structural uncertainty, and environmental covariates: Case of Central Baltic herring

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1317-1326

  Mäntyniemi, Samu ^a   Uusitalo, Laura ^a   Peltonen, Heikki ^a   Haapasaari, Päivi ^a   Kuikka, Sakari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLUPEOID; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; GROWTH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84883281212     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0315     Document Type: Article

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