Evaluating the performance of a multispecies statistical catch-at-age model

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Curti, Kiersten L., Collie, Jeremy S., Legault, Christopher M., Link, Jason S.
• Other Authors: Hilborn, Ray
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2013
• Subjects: atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0229; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0229; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2012-0229

Predation is a substantial source of mortality that is a function of the abundance of predator and prey species. This source of mortality creates a challenge of incorporating species interactions in statistical catch-at-age models in a way that accounts for the uncertainty in input data, parameters,...