How Well Do ‘Catch-Only’ Assessment Models Capture Catch Time Series Start Years and Default Life History Prior Values? A Preliminary Stock Assessment of the South Atlantic Ocean Blue Shark Using a Catch-Based Model

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Kindong, Richard, Wu, Feng, Tian, Siquan, Sarr, Ousmane
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Article; Schaefer; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9179247/; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111386

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Blue shark species are at the top of the list of captured bycatch sharks in most tuna and tuna-like fisheries. As a consequence, their populations have been declining due to overfishing; thus, there is a need for the assessment of their stocks to better understand blue sharks’ stock...