TY - BOOK ED - FAO TI - Introduction to tropical fish stock assessment Part 1-Manual CY - Fisheries technical papers 306/1 KW - 1. FISH 2. TROPICAL FISH 3. BIOLOGY 4. FISHING N1 - Contents, table, graph, references N2 - The primary objetive of fish stock assessment, biostatistics, estimation of growth parametrers, estimation of age composition from length frequencies; estimation of mortality rates, estimation of z from a linearized catch curve, beverton and holt’s z-equation; virtual, population methods, gear selectivity, sampling commercial catches; estimation of maximum sustainable yield using surplus production models; multispecies/multifleet problems, assessment of migratory stocks, the stock/ recruitment relationship; demersal trawl surveys, lfsa packge of microcomputer programs ER -