Estimating maximum sustainable yield of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) off Tohoku Japan via a state-space assessment model with time-varying natural mortality
Y. Shibata, J. Nagao, Y. Narimatsu, E. Morikawa, Y. Suzuki, S. Tokioka, M. Yamada, S. Kakehi, H. Okamura
The paper estimates the maximum sustainable yield of snow crab using a state-space model, finding that natural mortality and terminal molting probabilities have increased over time, affecting MSY estimates.
bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2020Ecology