Session: Statistics & Models IV (AFS 140th Annual Meeting)

1:20 PM

66-1

Estimating stock-recruitment steepness from life history information: A case study of north Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis
Jon Brodziak, PhD, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Marc Mangel, PhD, University of California; Gerard DiNardo, PhD, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

1:40 PM

66-2

The effects of a spatial gradient of fishing pressure in a developing fishery on stock assessments
Jennifer Barkman, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory; Michael Wilberg, PhD, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

2:00 PM

66-3

Semiparametric estimation of the maximum reproductive rate
Masatoshi Sugeno, Stony Brook University; Stephan B. Munch, PhD, Stony Brook University

2:20 PM

66-4

Catch-at-age analysis for yellow perch in Oneida Lake
Robin L. DeBruyne, Cornell Biological Field Station, Cornell University; Patrick J. Sullivan, Cornell University; Lars G. Rudstam, Cornell Biological Field Station, Cornell University; James R. Jackson, Cornell Biological Field Station, Cornell University

2:40 PM

66-5

Differential population response to fishing mortality: A case study based on fifteen Atlantic cod populations
Hui-Yu Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Michael Fogarty, PhD, National Marine Fisheries Service; Francis Juanes, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Louis Botsford, PhD, University of California, Davis; Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis; Mattew Holland, University of California, Davis; Steven Teo, University of California, Davis

3:00 PM

Break

3:20 PM

66-6

Guiding the development of modified, stock assessment appropriate, data collection in the U.S. Caribbean through simulation modeling
Staci Hudy Rijal, Virginia Tech; Jim Berkson, Ph.D., Virginia Tech; Todd Gedamke, Ph.D., National Marine Fisheries Service

3:40 PM

66-7

Spatial predictions of blue shark catch per unit of effort (CPUE) and catch probability of juveniles in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean
Felipe Carvalho, University of Florida; Debra Murie, PhD, University of Florida; Fabio Hazin, PhD, UFRPE; Humberto Hazin, PhD, UFRPE; Bruno Leite-Mourato, UFRPE; George Burgess, University of Florida

4:00 PM

66-8

Investigating the performance of process-observation error estimator and robust estimators in surplus production model: A simulation study
Qing He, M.S, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yan Jiao, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

66-9

Hierarchical bayesian modeling of recruitment: A semiparametric approach (Withdrawn)