Improved growth estimates from integrated analysis of direct aging and tag-recapture data: An illustration with bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) of the eastern Pacific Ocean with implications for management

Fisheries Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-126

  Aires da Silva, Alexandre M ^a   Maunder, Mark N ^a   Schaefer, Kurt M ^a   Fuller, Daniel W ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at length; Bigeye tuna; Growth; Otoliths; Stock assessment; Tagging

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84920931419     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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