Oceans of plenty? Challenges, advancements, and future directions for the provision of evidence-based fisheries management advice
Marine population modeling, which underpins the scientific advice to support fisheries
interventions, is an active research field with recent advancements to address modern …
interventions, is an active research field with recent advancements to address modern …
Synthesizing the spatial functionality of contemporary stock assessment software to identify future needs for next generation assessment platforms
Marine fishes are heterogeneously distributed across their ranges according to population
dynamics governed by complex spatiotemporal relationships between ontogenetic habitat …
dynamics governed by complex spatiotemporal relationships between ontogenetic habitat …
[HTML][HTML] Making spatial-temporal marine ecosystem modelling better–a perspective
Abstract Marine Ecosystem Models (MEMs) provide a deeper understanding of marine
ecosystem dynamics. The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable …
ecosystem dynamics. The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable …
Good practices, trade-offs, and precautions for model diagnostics in integrated stock assessments
Abstract Carvalho et al.(2021) provided a “cookbook” for implementing contemporary model
diagnostics, which included convergence checks, examinations of fits to data, retrospective …
diagnostics, which included convergence checks, examinations of fits to data, retrospective …
[HTML][HTML] Assessing likelihoods for fitting composition data within stock assessments, with emphasis on different degrees of process and observation error
Fisheries stock assessments have traditionally modeled age and size composition data
using the multinomial likelihood, however the multinomial cannot appropriately account for …
using the multinomial likelihood, however the multinomial cannot appropriately account for …
Empirical validation of integrated stock assessment models to ensuring risk equivalence: A pathway to resilient fisheries management
The Precautionary Approach to Fisheries Management requires an assessment of the
impact of uncertainty on the risk of achieving management objectives. However, the main …
impact of uncertainty on the risk of achieving management objectives. However, the main …
Proposed business rules to incorporate climate-induced changes in fisheries management
Changing oceanic conditions are having impacts on living marine resources (LMRs) and
their management, often in ways beyond what we have ever seen before. This is largely …
their management, often in ways beyond what we have ever seen before. This is largely …
Investigating trends in process error as a diagnostic for integrated fisheries stock assessments
Integrated stock assessments consist of fitting several sources of catch, abundance, and
auxiliary biological information to estimate parameters of equations that describe the …
auxiliary biological information to estimate parameters of equations that describe the …
[HTML][HTML] Improving short-term recruitment forecasts for coho salmon using a spatiotemporal integrated population model
Fishery managers often rely on forecasts of future population abundance to set allowable
harvest quotas or exploitation rates. While there has been substantial research devoted to …
harvest quotas or exploitation rates. While there has been substantial research devoted to …
Focusing on the front end: a framework for incorporating uncertainty in biological parameters in model ensembles of integrated stock assessments
Uncertainty in population status estimates from stock assessments is important for providing
a comprehensive picture of current knowledge of a stock. The use of model ensembles to …
a comprehensive picture of current knowledge of a stock. The use of model ensembles to …