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Fish stock assessment manual

Year of publication 2003

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 183 p.

Author Cadima, E.L.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251045054

Series title FAO Fisheries Technical Paper

Series number no. 393 - T393

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This manual starts with an introduction to the mathematical models applied in fish stock assessment. The basic assumptions about a model and the concepts of variation rates of a characteristic in relation to time are presented. The concept of cohort and models for the individual growth of the cohort are developed. In the chapter concerning the study of the stock, the fishing pattern and its components are defined, the most used models for the stock-recruitment relation are presented, as well as the short- and long-term projections of a stock. With regard to fishing resources management, the discussion is focused on the biological reference points. Finally, the general methods of estimating parameters are described, with special relevance to the cohort analysis by age and length. Then a solution of the exercises from the last course held in IPIMAR, is presented by the author and the scientist Manuela Azevedo.

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Cadima, E.L.Fish stock assessment manual.FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 393. Rome, FAO. 2003. 161p.

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