Annual trends in catchability and fish stock assessments

A key assumption of many fish stock assessment models is that catchability is constant over time. We assume here that trends in catchability may occur through fishing power creeping. The tuning fleets, which are prone to fishing power development, may be identified using the Hybrid method. A range o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marchal Paul, Ulrich Clara, Korsbrekke Knut, Pastoors Martin, Rackham Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2003-04-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Subjects:
Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/503