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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827554903321

Titolo

Improving fish stock assessments / / Committee on Fish Stock Assessment Methods, Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

ISBN

0-309-17440-6

0-309-52432-6

0-585-09844-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 177 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

333.95/611

Soggetti

Fish stock assessment - United States

Fishery management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-127).

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data -- 3 Assessment Methods -- 4 Harvest Strategies -- 5 Simulations -- 6 Findings and Recommendations -- References -- A Letter of Request -- B Committee Biographies -- C Acronyms and Symbols -- D Checklist for Stock Assessments -- E Description of Age-Structured Simulation Model -- F Letter to Analysts -- G Retrospective Values -- H Information from Interstate Marine Fisheries Commissions and States -- I Model* Results in Terms of Exploitable and Total Biomass -- J Excerpts from the Food and Agriculture Organization Report Precautionary Approach to Fisheries* -- K Uncertainty in Stock Assessment Methods and Models.