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Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment - Part 1: Manual (French version not published)

Year of publication 1998

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 407

Author Per Sparre and Siebren C. Venema;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251039968

Series title FAO Fisheries Technical Paper

Series number 0429-9345 - T306/1Rev.2

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In Part 1, Manual, a selection of methods on fish stock assessment is described in detail, with examples of calculations. Special emphasis is placed on methods based on the analysis of length-frequencies. After a short introduction to statistics, it covers the estimation of growth parameters and mortality rates, virtual population methods, including age-based and length-based cohort analysis, gear selectivity, sampling, prediction models, including Beverton and Holt's yield per recruit model and Thompson and Bell's model, surplus production models, multispecies and multifleet problems, the assessment of migratory stocks, a discussion on stock/recruitment relationships and demersal trawl surveys, including the swept-area method. The manual is completed with a review of stock assessment, where an indication is given of methods to be applied at different levels of availability of input data, a review of relevant computer programs produced by or in cooperation with FAO, and a list of refer ences, including material for further reading. In Part 2, Exercises, a number of exercises is given with solutions. The exercises are directly related to the various chapters and sections of the manual.

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Sparre, Per.; Venema, Siebren C. Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment. Part 1. Manual. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No.306. Rome. FAO. 1998. 407p.

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