Evaluation of length- vs. age-composition data and associated selectivity assumptions used in stock assessments based on robustness of derived management quantities

Fisheries Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-171

  Crone, Paul R ^a,b   Valero, Juan L ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Composition data; Fishery management; Selectivity; Simulation; Stock assessment; Stock Synthesis model

Indexed keywords

SCOMBER JAPONICUS;

EID: 84900299092     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.02.034     Document Type: Article

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