Fisheries biology encompasses a tremendous diversity of research questions, methods, and
models. Many sub-fields use observational or experimental data to make inference about …

Geostatistical data—spatially referenced observations related to some continuous spatial
phenomenon—are ubiquitous in ecology and can reveal ecological processes and inform …

Fisheries scientists provide stock, ecosystem, habitat, and climate assessments to support
interdisplinary fisheries management in the US and worldwide. These assessment activities …

In principle, the spatial extent of fishery stock assessment should reflect the biological
population, and major fishing patterns or population heterogeneity within the area should be …

Indices of abundance are the bedrock for stock assessments or empirical management
procedures used to manage fishery catches for fish populations worldwide, and are …

Several approaches have been developed over the last decade to simultaneously estimate
distribution or density for multiple species (eg “joint species distribution” or “multispecies …

Species distribution models (SDMs) have been widely used to project terrestrial species'
responses to climate change and are increasingly being used for similar objectives in the …

Indices of abundance based on fishery catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) are important
components of many stock assessments, particularly when fishery-independent surveys are …

Aim Spatial analysis of the distribution and density of species is of continuing interest within
theoretical and applied ecology. Species distribution models (SDMs) are being increasingly …

Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) of the Southern Hemisphere were brought to
near extinction by twentieth century industrial whaling. For decades, they had all but …