Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment Part 1 - Manual

Contents: introduction; biostatistics; estimation of growth parameters; estimation of mortaliaty rates; virtual population methods; gear selectivity; sampling commercial catches; the yield per recruit model of beverton and holt; estimation of maximum sustainable yield using surplus production models; multispecies/multifleet problems; assessment of migratory stocks; the stock/recruitment relationship; demersal trawl surveys; LFSA package of microcomputer programs; references; subject index; exercises; solutions to exercises