On the performance of fish stock parameters derived from VIT pseudo-cohort analysis

The comparison of VIT model results with those of the virtual population analysis assessment of the cod stock in the Skagerrak, North Sea and Eastern Channel established by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) reveal that overall trends in fishing mortality and stock size...

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precisión
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VIT program
accuracy
user recommendations
análisis de pseudocohortes
programa VIT
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recomendaciones de uso
Rätz, Hans-Joachim
Cheilari, Anna
Lleonart, Jordi
On the performance of fish stock parameters derived from VIT pseudo-cohort analysis
topic_facet VPA pseudo-cohort analysis
VIT program
accuracy
user recommendations
análisis de pseudocohortes
programa VIT
precisión
recomendaciones de uso
description The comparison of VIT model results with those of the virtual population analysis assessment of the cod stock in the Skagerrak, North Sea and Eastern Channel established by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) reveal that overall trends in fishing mortality and stock size are well captured over a period of three decades (1963-1992). However, the implications of the equilibrium assumption (steady state) made by the VIT model are enormous, as it forces strong inter-annual variations in the estimated fishing mortality, especially in years when the age composition shows strong year class effects. Estimated VIT output parameters should be carefully interpreted when the assessed stock suffers from reduction in abundance and high exploitation, as this condition is likely to deviate from steady state. The VIT estimates of the virgin stock biomass appear very variable, extremely high and fairly dependent on annual stock size estimates. Their use in fisheries management as a realistic biological stock biomass reference is not recommended. The VIT estimates of F0.1 and Fmax are found to be in line with the ICES estimates. Therefore, model results should allow qualitative conclusions regarding the status of marine living resources in relation to a target reference of exploitation rate. Quantitative conclusions regarding the assessment of the exploitation status are only recommended when the model is applied to short time series of consecutive annual data and the resulting variation in the estimated stock parameters appears reasonably low. As such, the model results may form the basis for scientifically sound fisheries management advice covering the actual state of the stock as well as medium-term forecasts of catch and biomass under different options. Las comparaciones de los resultados del modelo VITcon los del método de VPA, empleado para la evaluación del stock de bacalao en el Skagerrak, Mar del Norte y la parte oriental del Canal de la Mancha, muestran que las tendencias generales de la mortalidad por pesca y del tamaño del stock aparecen bien representadas en un período de tres décadas (1963-1992). No obstante las implicaciones de la asunción de equilibrio (estado estacionario) del modelo VITson muy grandes y fuerzan importantes variaciones interanuales de la mortalidad por pesca, especialmente en aquellos años en que la composición de edades muestra el efecto de clases anuales fuertes. Los parámetros estimados por VIT deben ser cuidadosamente interpretados cuando el stock evaluado presenta una fuerte reducción de su abundancia y una elevada explotación ya que esta condición lo aleja del estado estacionario. Las estimaciones de la biomasa virgen son muy variables, extremadamente altas y dependientes de las estimaciones del stock. No se recomienda su uso como punto de referencia de una biomasa realista en un contexto de gestión pesquera. Las estimaciones de F0.1 y Fmax son similares a las estimaciones de ICES. Los resultados del modelo permiten la obtención de conclusiones más bien cualitativas sobre el estado de los recursos marinos en referencia a la tasa de explotación. Las conclusiones cuantitativas sobre la evaluación del estado de explotación son recomendables solamente en el caso de que se aplique el modelo a una serie corta de datos anuales consecutivos y cuando la variación de los parámetros estimados sea razonablemente baja. Los resultados del modelo pueden fundamentar las bases de un correcto asesoramiento del estado real del stock así como predicciones de biomasa, bajo diversas alternativas de gestión, a corto y medio plazo.
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Aldebert, Y., L. Recasens and J. Lleonart. – 1993. Analysis of gear interactions in a hake fishery: The case of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Sci. Mar., 57(2-3): 207-217.
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spelling ftjscientiamarin:oai:scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es:article/1140 2023-05-15T14:28:24+02:00 On the performance of fish stock parameters derived from VIT pseudo-cohort analysis Calidad de los parámetros poblacionales derivados del análisis de pseudo-cohortes de vit Rätz, Hans-Joachim Cheilari, Anna Lleonart, Jordi 2010-03-30 application/pdf https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1140 https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2010.74n1155 eng eng Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1140/1185 Aldebert, Y. and L. Recasens. – 1996. Comparison of methods for stock assessment of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Gulf of Lions (Northwestern Mediterranean). Aquat. Living Resour., 9: 13-22. doi:10.1051/alr:1996003 Aldebert, Y., L. Recasens and J. Lleonart. – 1993. Analysis of gear interactions in a hake fishery: The case of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Sci. Mar., 57(2-3): 207-217. Anonymous. – 2006. Report of the eighth session of the sub-committee on stock assessment (SCSA), Rome, Italy, 11-14 September 2006. GFCM:SAC9/2006/Inf.8, 38 pp. Anonymous. – 2007. Council Conclusion from the 2841st Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting, Brussels, 17 December 2007. Implementing sustainability in EU fisheries through maximum sustainable yield. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/agricult/97717.pdf Bahamon, N., F. Sardà and P. Suuronen. – 2007. Potential benefits from improved selectivity in the northwest Mediterranean multispecies trawl fishery. ICES J. Mar. Sci: J. Cons., 64(4): 757-760. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsm052 Baranov, F.I. – 1918. On the question of the biological basis of fisheries. Nauchnyi Issledovatelskii Ikhtiologicheskii Institut, Izvestiya 1: 81-128. Bertalanffy, v., L. – 1938. Aquantitative theory of organic growth. Hum. Biol., 10(2): 181-213. Beverton, R.J.H. and S.J. Holt. – 1957. On the dynamics of exploited fish populations. Fishery Investigations, London HMSO, Ser 2(19). Cardinale, Cardinale, M., H.-J. Rätz and A. Cheilari (eds.). – 2008. Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) - Report of the SGMED-08-04 Working Group on the Mediterranean Part IV. EUR 23622 EN. Luxembourg (Luxembourg): OPOCE; 2008. JRC48910. Demestre, M. and J. Lleonart. – 1993. Population dynamics of Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata) in the northwestern Mediterranean. Sci. Mar., 57(2-3): 183-189. Dhieb, K., M. Ghorbel, O. Jarboui and A. Bouaïn. – 2007. Exploitation status and stock assessment by pseudo-cohort analysis of the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK, 87: 1315-1319. doi:10.1017/S0025315407056226 Fry, F.E.J. – 1949. Statistics of a lake trout fishery. Biometrics, 5: 27-67. doi:10.2307/3001890 Gulland, J.A. – 1965. Estimation of mortality rates. Annex to Arctic Fisheries Working Group Report (meeting in Hamburg, January 1965), ICESCM1965(3): 9 pp. (mimeo). Hart, P.J.H. and J.D. Reynolds. – 2002. Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. ICES. – 2008. Report of the Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Stocks in the North Sea and Skagerrak - Spring and Autumn (WGNSSK), 1-8 May and, ICESCopenhagen and By Correspondence. ICESCM2007ACFM:18 and 30: 1-960. Kell, L.T. and J.-M. Fromentin. – 2007. Evaluation of the robustness of maximum sustainable yield based management strategies to variations in carrying capacity or migration pattern of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). Can. J. Fish. Aquat., 64: 837-847 doi:10.1139/F07-051 Lleonart, J. and J. Salat. – 1992. VIT, Programa de análisis de pesquerías. Inf. Téc. Sci. Mar. (CSIC, Barcelona), 168-169: 1-116. Lleonart, J. and J. Salat. – 1997. VIT: software for fishery analysis. User’s manual. FAOComp. Infor. Ser. (Fish.). No. 11. Rome, FAO. 1-105. Megrey, B.A. – 1989. Review and Comparison of Age-Structured Stock Assessment Models from Theoretical and Applied Points of View. American Fisheries Society Symposium 6: 8-48. Oliver, P. – 1993. Analysis of the fluctuations observed in the trawl fleet landings of the Balearic Islands. Sci. Mar., 57(2-3): 219-227. Pertierra, J.P. and R. Perrota. – 1993. On the population dynamics of sardine, Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792, from the Catalan Sea (northwestern Mediterranean). Sci. Mar., 57(2-3): 235-241. Ricker, W.E. – 1975. Computation and interpretation of biological statistics of fish populations. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can., 191: 1-382. Rivard, D. – 1982. APLprograms for stock assessment (revised). Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 1091: 1-146. Sardà, F. and J. Lleonart. – 1993. Evaluation of norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus L.) resource off the “Serola” bank off Barcelona (western Mediterranean). Sci. Mar., 57(2-3): 191-197. Sardà, F., J. Lleonart and E.J. Cartes. – 1998. An analysis of the population dynamics of Nephrops norvegicus (L.) in the Mediterranean Sea. Sci. Mar., 62(Suppl. 1): 135-143. Sinclair, A. – 1999. Biological Reference Points Relevant to a Precautionary Approach to Fisheries Management: An Example for the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Cod. Sci. Counc. Stud. NAFO, 32: 25-35. Thompson, W.F. and F.H. Bell. – 1934. Biological statistics of the Pacific halibut fishery. Part 2: Effect of changes in intensity upon total yield and yield per unit of gear. Rep. Int. Fish. (Pacific Halibut) Comm., 8: 1-49. United Nations. – 2002. Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August-4 September 2002. A/CONF.199/20*, United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1, ISBN92-1-104521-5, 173 pp. https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1140 doi:10.3989/scimar.2010.74n1155 Copyright (c) 2010 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Scientia Marina; Vol. 74 No. 1 (2010); 155-162 Scientia Marina; Vol. 74 Núm. 1 (2010); 155-162 1886-8134 0214-8358 10.3989/scimar.2010.74n1 VPA pseudo-cohort analysis VIT program accuracy user recommendations análisis de pseudocohortes programa VIT precisión recomendaciones de uso info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Artículo revisado por pares 2010 ftjscientiamarin https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2010.74n1155 https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2010.74n1 https://doi.org/10.1051/alr:1996003 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsm052 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407056226 https://doi.org/10.2307/3001890 https://d 2022-03-20T16:31:05Z The comparison of VIT model results with those of the virtual population analysis assessment of the cod stock in the Skagerrak, North Sea and Eastern Channel established by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) reveal that overall trends in fishing mortality and stock size are well captured over a period of three decades (1963-1992). However, the implications of the equilibrium assumption (steady state) made by the VIT model are enormous, as it forces strong inter-annual variations in the estimated fishing mortality, especially in years when the age composition shows strong year class effects. Estimated VIT output parameters should be carefully interpreted when the assessed stock suffers from reduction in abundance and high exploitation, as this condition is likely to deviate from steady state. The VIT estimates of the virgin stock biomass appear very variable, extremely high and fairly dependent on annual stock size estimates. Their use in fisheries management as a realistic biological stock biomass reference is not recommended. The VIT estimates of F0.1 and Fmax are found to be in line with the ICES estimates. Therefore, model results should allow qualitative conclusions regarding the status of marine living resources in relation to a target reference of exploitation rate. Quantitative conclusions regarding the assessment of the exploitation status are only recommended when the model is applied to short time series of consecutive annual data and the resulting variation in the estimated stock parameters appears reasonably low. As such, the model results may form the basis for scientifically sound fisheries management advice covering the actual state of the stock as well as medium-term forecasts of catch and biomass under different options. Las comparaciones de los resultados del modelo VITcon los del método de VPA, empleado para la evaluación del stock de bacalao en el Skagerrak, Mar del Norte y la parte oriental del Canal de la Mancha, muestran que las tendencias generales de la mortalidad por pesca y del tamaño del stock aparecen bien representadas en un período de tres décadas (1963-1992). No obstante las implicaciones de la asunción de equilibrio (estado estacionario) del modelo VITson muy grandes y fuerzan importantes variaciones interanuales de la mortalidad por pesca, especialmente en aquellos años en que la composición de edades muestra el efecto de clases anuales fuertes. Los parámetros estimados por VIT deben ser cuidadosamente interpretados cuando el stock evaluado presenta una fuerte reducción de su abundancia y una elevada explotación ya que esta condición lo aleja del estado estacionario. Las estimaciones de la biomasa virgen son muy variables, extremadamente altas y dependientes de las estimaciones del stock. No se recomienda su uso como punto de referencia de una biomasa realista en un contexto de gestión pesquera. Las estimaciones de F0.1 y Fmax son similares a las estimaciones de ICES. Los resultados del modelo permiten la obtención de conclusiones más bien cualitativas sobre el estado de los recursos marinos en referencia a la tasa de explotación. Las conclusiones cuantitativas sobre la evaluación del estado de explotación son recomendables solamente en el caso de que se aplique el modelo a una serie corta de datos anuales consecutivos y cuando la variación de los parámetros estimados sea razonablemente baja. Los resultados del modelo pueden fundamentar las bases de un correcto asesoramiento del estado real del stock así como predicciones de biomasa, bajo diversas alternativas de gestión, a corto y medio plazo. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Scientia Marina (E-Journal) Baja Referencia Fuerte ENVELOPE(-54.083,-54.083,-61.200,-61.200) Corto ENVELOPE(-60.783,-60.783,-62.450,-62.450) Scientia Marina 74 1 155 162