The importance of length and age composition data in statistical age-structured models for marine species

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-43

  Ono, Kotaro ^a   Licandeo, Roberto ^b   Muradian, Melissa L ^a   Cunningham, Curry J ^a   Anderson, Sean C ^c   Hurtado Ferro, Felipe ^a   Johnson, Kelli F ^a   McGilliard, Carey R ^a   Monnahan, Cole C ^a   Szuwalski, Cody S ^a   Valero, Juan L ^a,d   Vert Pre, Katyana A ^a,e   Whitten, Athol R ^a   Punt, André E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Center for the Advancement of Population Assessment Methodology (CAPAM)   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

age and length composition data; cod; fisheries modeling; flatfish; sardine; simulation testing; stock assessment; Stock Synthesis; survey information

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DATA SET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; FLATFISH; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LIFE HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY;

PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 84899110842     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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