Discussions on the issues of composite CPUE and the model ensemble approach for blue shark in the North Pacific Ocean

Citation
Mikihiko K (2022) Discussions on the issues of composite CPUE and the model ensemble approach for blue shark in the North Pacific Ocean. In: ISC 2022 3rd Shark Working Group. ISC/22/SHARKWG-3/1, Shimizu, Japan
Abstract

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This working paper shortly reviews composite CPUE and model ensemble approach used in the stock assessment for blue sharks in the North Pacific Ocean in 2022, and to raise the discussion points about the issues of them. These discussions will expedite our understanding of the new approach and justify the usage of the approach in the stock assessment.