Estimating growth within size-structured fishery stock assessments: What is the state of the art and what does the future look like?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-160

  Punt, André E ^a,b   Haddon, Malcolm ^b   McGarvey, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth estimation; Size structured stock assessments; Size transition matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919666932     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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