Progress on application of ADAPT-VPA to minke whales in Areas IV and V given updated information from IDCR/SOWER and JARPA surveys

• Main Authors: Mori, M, Butterworth, Doug S
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2005
• Subjects: ADAPT-VPA; Minke whales; Areas IV and V; IDCR/SOER; JARPA surveys; Butterworth; minke whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17928; http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/maram/pub/2005/JA_J05_PJR_18.pdf; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/17928/1/Mori_Progress_on_application_2005.pdf

The ADAPT-VPA assessment methodology of Butterworth et al. (1999) is applied to abundance estimates (from both IDCR/SOWER and JARPA surveys) and catch at age data (both commercial and scientific) for Areas IV and V. The methodology is extended to be able to take account of inter-annual differences i...