A combined Gadget/FLR model for management strategy evaluations of the Barents Sea fisheries. Howell, D. & Bogstad, B. ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE, 67(9):1998-2004, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, DEC, 2010.
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A biologically sensible age-length structured multispecies Gadget model (incorporating minke whales, cod, herring, and capelin) for the Barents Sea-acting as the operating model-has been linked to Fisheries Library in R-acting as the management procedure-to perform management strategy evaluations. Assessments may be run using either XSA, survey-based methods, or by taking modelled stock numbers directly. Total allowable catches are based on the assessment and harvest control rules (HCRs). The tool can be used for assessing a wide variety of sources of uncertainties within the assessment process. Model structure and linkages are described and a fit to the historical data is presented. A base case of future dynamic (non-steady state) stock trends, based on the existing HCRs, is compared with alternative management and environmental scenarios. The relative differences for each scenario in terms of stock size and catches highlight a number of uncertainties within the biological and fisheries system. The results indicate that the current management rules are robust to the range of scenarios examined so far.
@article{ ISI:000284429600022,
Author = {Howell, Daniel and Bogstad, Bjarte},
Title = {{A combined Gadget/FLR model for management strategy evaluations of the
   Barents Sea fisheries}},
Journal = {{ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE}},
Year = {{2010}},
Volume = {{67}},
Number = {{9}},
Pages = {{1998-2004}},
Month = {{DEC}},
Abstract = {{A biologically sensible age-length structured multispecies Gadget model
   (incorporating minke whales, cod, herring, and capelin) for the Barents
   Sea-acting as the operating model-has been linked to Fisheries Library
   in R-acting as the management procedure-to perform management strategy
   evaluations. Assessments may be run using either XSA, survey-based
   methods, or by taking modelled stock numbers directly. Total allowable
   catches are based on the assessment and harvest control rules (HCRs).
   The tool can be used for assessing a wide variety of sources of
   uncertainties within the assessment process. Model structure and
   linkages are described and a fit to the historical data is presented. A
   base case of future dynamic (non-steady state) stock trends, based on
   the existing HCRs, is compared with alternative management and
   environmental scenarios. The relative differences for each scenario in
   terms of stock size and catches highlight a number of uncertainties
   within the biological and fisheries system. The results indicate that
   the current management rules are robust to the range of scenarios
   examined so far.}},
Publisher = {{OXFORD UNIV PRESS}},
Address = {{GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND}},
Type = {{Article}},
Language = {{English}},
Affiliation = {{Howell, D (Reprint Author), Inst Marine Res, POB 1870, N-5817 Bergen, Norway.
   Howell, Daniel; Bogstad, Bjarte, Inst Marine Res, N-5817 Bergen, Norway.}},
DOI = {{10.1093/icesjms/fsq135}},
ISSN = {{1054-3139}},
Keywords = {{Barents Sea; capelin; FLR; management strategy evaluation; minke whales;
   multispecies modelling; northeast Arctic cod; Norwegian spring-spawning
   herring; operating model}},
Keywords-Plus = {{CAPELIN MALLOTUS-VILLOSUS; HERRING CLUPEA-HARENGUS; COD GADUS-MORHUA;
   MORTALITY-RATES; FISH STOCKS; PREDATION; ECOSYSTEM; LARVAE; RECRUITMENT;
   ABUNDANCE}},
Research-Areas = {{Fisheries; Marine \& Freshwater Biology; Oceanography}},
Web-of-Science-Categories  = {{Fisheries; Marine \& Freshwater Biology; Oceanography}},
Author-Email = {{daniel.howell@imr.no}},
Funding-Acknowledgement = {{Commission of the European Communities}},
Funding-Text = {{This study was done with the financial support from the Commission of
   the European Communities, specifically the RTD programme ``Specific
   Support to Policies{''}, SSP-4-FISH-Area 8.1.B.1.3: Task 2
   ``Understanding the mechanisms of Stock Recovery-UNCOVER{''}. It does
   not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission and in no way
   anticipates its future policy in this area. We also thank Felipe Hurtado
   Ferro, Hans-Harald Hinrichsen, and the guest editor for their comments,
   which helped to improve the manuscript.}},
Number-of-Cited-References = {{32}},
Times-Cited = {{6}},
Usage-Count-Last-180-days = {{1}},
Usage-Count-Since-2013 = {{18}},
Journal-ISO = {{ICES J. Mar. Sci.}},
Doc-Delivery-Number = {{682UX}},
Unique-ID = {{ISI:000284429600022}},
OA = {{No}},
DA = {{2017-08-17}},
}

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