An evaluation of alternative assessment approaches for intermixing fish populations: A case study with Great Lakes lake whitefish

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-81

  Li, Yang ^a   Bence, James R ^a   Brenden, Travis O ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermixing; management strategy evaluation; statistical catch at age; stochastic simulation; stock assessment

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCH COMPOSITION; FISH; FISHERY MODELING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS;

EID: 84922199627     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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