Modelling growth in tuna RFMO stock assessments: Current approaches and challenges

Fisheries Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 177-193

  Kolody, Dale S ^a   Eveson, J Paige ^a   Hillary, Richard M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Growth model; Management strategy evaluation; RFMO; Stock assessment; Tuna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937598004     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.06.016     Document Type: Article

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