Estimating time-variation in confounded processes in population dynamics modeling: A case study for snow crab in the eastern Bering Sea
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Estimating time-variation in confounded processes in population dynamics modeling: A case study for snow crab in the eastern Bering Sea

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  • Journal Title:
    Fisheries Research
  • Personal Author:
    Szuwalski, Cody
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    Population dynamics models used to provide management advice for harvested natural resources often estimate population processes that can be mutually confounded. These processes (e.g., natural mortality (M) and catchability (q)) are often assumed to be time-invariant, but this assumption can be violated in real populations. Not allowing for time-variation in these processes can result in retrospective patterns in estimated biomass, which can result in errors in management advice. Allowing for time-variation in these processes can also result in errors in management advice if the estimated time-variation does not reflect the true underlying variation. Here I present a population dynamics model for snow crab in the eastern Bering Sea that tests different combinations of implementation of time-variation in M and q. The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council did not adopt any of the models with time-variation in M or q for management because the estimated variability in M and q was difficult to explain with any known mechanism and management advice differed by nearly an order of magnitude among models. Large differences in management advice underscore the importance of evidence-based approaches to incorporating time-variation in population processes into stock assessment models.
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    Fisheries Research, 251, 106298
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    0165-7836
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  • Publisher:
    Elsevier BV
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    Journal Article
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