Hake age estimation: state of the art and progress towards a solution

• Main Authors: Piñeiro-Álvarez, C.G. (Carmen Gloria), Morgado, C. (Cristina), Sainza-Sousa, M.C. (María del Carmen), McCurdy, W.J. (William James)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo 2009
• Subjects: Hake; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/908

Since 1992, northern and southern hake (Merluccius merluccius) stock assessments have used age data based on otolith analysis. Age data for stock assessment is provided by different institutions, which implies a quantification of age‐reading precision to estimate assessment quality indicators. Durin...