Assessing the Status of Atlantic and Pacific Tuna Populations
OVERVIEW
All species of tuna in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are increasingly threatened by fishing pressure. One of the most critical steps to conserve these species is to establish an accurate assessment of each population’s status. This project evaluates and improves the scientific methodology for assessing the status of tuna populations in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Publications and Reports:
Whitlock, R.E., McAllister, M.K and Block, B.A.. 2012 Estimating fishing and natural mortality rates for Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) using electronic tagging data. Fisheries Research. 119-120: 115-127.
May, 2012
Carruthers, T.R., Walters, C.J., McAllister, M.K., 2012. Evaluating methods that classify fisheries stock status using only fisheries catch data. Fisheries Research. 119-120: 66-79.
January, 2012
Taylor, N.G., McAllister, M.K., Lawson, G. L. Carruthers, T. and Block, B. A. 2011. Atlantic bluefin tuna: a novel multistock spatial model for assessment population biomass. PLOS ONE. 6(12): 1-10.
December, 2011
Carruthers, T.R., M.K. McAllister, and Taylor, N. G. 2011. Spatial surplus production modeling of Atlantic tunas and billfish. Ecological Applications. 21: 2734-2755.
January, 2011
Carruthers, T. R., M. K. McAllister, and R. N. M. Ahrens. 2011. Integrating imputation and standardization of catch rate data in the calculation of relative abundance indices. Fisheries Research. 109: 157-167.
January, 2011
Carruthers, T. R., M. K. McAllister, et al. 2010. Simulating spatial dynamics to evaluate methods of deriving abundance indices for tropical tunas. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67: 1409-1427.
September, 2010
Carruthers, T.R., McAllister, M.K. 2010. Quantifying tag reporting rates for Atlantic tuna fleets using coincidental tag returns. Aquatic Living Resources. 23: 343-352.
Recent Work
