Biases in biomass estimates: The effect of bin width in size-structured stock assessment methods

Fisheries Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 169-176

  Szuwalski, C S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bin width; Estimating growth; Pribilof Islands red king crab; Simulation; Size structured assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939839992     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Bell M.C. Review of Alaska crab overfishing definitions. Report to University of Miami Independent System for peer reviews 2006, 35 p.
2. Fournier D.A., Archibald C.P. A general theory for analysing catch-at-age data. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1982, 39:1195-1207.
3. Johnson K.F., Monnahan C.C., McGilliard C.R., Vert-pre K.A., Anderson S.C., Cunningham C.J., Hurtado-Ferro F., Licandeo R.R., Muradian M.L., Ono K., Szuwalski C.S., Valero J.L., Whitten A.R., Punt A.E. Time-varying natural mortality in fisheries stock assessment models: identifying a default approach. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2015, 72:137-150.
4. Methot R.D.J., Wetzel C.R. Stock synthesis: a biological and statistical framework for fish stock assessment and fishery management. Fish. Res. 2013, 142:86-99.
5. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 2014. Office of Science and Technology Annual commercial landing statistics. (accessed 12.10.14.). http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/commercial-fisheries/.
6. Powell G.C. Growth of king crabs in the vicinity of Kodiak Island, Alaska. Informational Leaflet 92 1967, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 58 p.
7. Punt A.E., Haddon M., McGarvey R. Estimating growth within size-structure fishery stock assessments: what is the state of the art and what does the future look like?. Fish. Res. 2016, 180:147-160.
8. Punt A.E., Huang T.-C., Maunder M.N. Review of integrated size-structured models for stock assessment of hard-to-age crustacean and mollusc species. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2013, 70:16-33.
9. Smith A.D.M. Management strategy evaluation: the light on the hill. Population Dynamics for Fisheries Management 1994, 249-253. Australian Society for Fish Biology, Perth, WA. D.A. Hancock (Ed.).
10. Szuwalski C.S., Foy R.J., Turnock B.J. 2014 Stock assessment and fishery evaluation report for the Pribilof Island red king crab fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands regions. Pg 546-605. Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report for the King and Tanner Crab Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Regions 2014, 99501.
11. Szuwalski C.S., Punt A.E. Identifying research priorities for management under uncertainty: the estimation ability of the stock assessment method used for eastern Bering Sea snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio). Fish. Res. 2012, 134-136:82-94.
12. Szuwalski C.S., Punt A.E. Fisheries management for regime-based ecosystems: a management strategy evaluation for the snow crab fishery in the eastern Bering Sea. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2013, 70:955-967.