Development of a Sex-Separated Stock Synthesis (SS) model for the South Atlantic hake (Merluccius merluccius) stock

• Main Authors: Izquierdo, Francisco, Cerviño, Santiago, Fernández-Llana, Carmen, Cardinale, Massimiliano, Silva, Cristina, Mendes, Hugo, Silva, Andreia, Pennino, María Gracia
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Pesquerías; Catch composition; Stock assessment; Gear selectivity; Sex dimorphism; Hake; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/15795; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/327287

The South Atlantic hake stock has been assessed using GADGET for the last 10 years. However, in 2020 this model was rejected due to convergence problems and a switch was made to other alternative methods. In this framework, it was necessary to look for alternative assessment models, where Stock Synt...