Applying biomass dynamic models to the southern horse mackerel stock (Atlantic waters of Iberian Peninsula). A comparison with VPA-based methods

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Authors: Pablo Abaunza, A. Celso Fariña, Alberto Murta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2003
• Subjects: trachurus trachurus; biomass-dynamic models; schaefer; parameter estimation; virtual population analysis; comparison of models; reference points; Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling; SH1-691; Schaefer; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2003.67s1291; https://doaj.org/article/54d58050aa02424abed656cecb754e5a

The horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) fishery of the Northeast Atlantic, is currently subject to assessment and management in the ICES area. Assessment of the Southern horse mackerel (ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa) is made with Virtual Population Analysis (VPA), using time series of catch-at-age d...