Data reconstruction can improve abundance index estimation: An example using Taiwanese longline data for Pacific bluefin tuna.

Catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) is often the main piece of information used in fisheries stock assessment; however, the catch and effort data that are traditionally compiled from commercial logbooks can be incomplete or unreliable due to many reasons. Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF) is a seasonal target spe...

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Main Authors: Shui-Kai Chang, Hung-I Liu, Hiromu Fukuda, Mark N Maunder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5624633?pdf=render