Abstract
these observations are not raw observations, but rather they are estimates from a catch-standardization model or similar summary statistics based
on observations from many fishing hauls and subsamples of the size and age composition of the data. Although aggregation mitigates the strong
intra-haul correlation between sizes/ages that is usually found in haul-by-haul data, violations of the independence assumption can have a large
impact on the results and specifically on reported confidence bounds. A state-space assessment model that allows for correlations between age
groups within years in the observation model for catches and surveys is presented and applied to data on several North Sea fish stocks using various
correlation structures. In all cases the independence assumption is rejected. Less fluctuating estimates of the fishing mortality is obtained due to a
reduced process error. The improved model does not suffer from correlated residuals unlike the independent model, and the variance of forecasts is
decreased.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | ICES Journal of Marine Science |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1788-1797 |
| ISSN | 1054-3139 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Accounting for correlated observations in an age-based state-space stock assessment model. / Berg, Casper Willestofte; Nielsen, Anders.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Accounting for correlated observations in an age-based state-space stock assessment model
AU - Berg, Casper Willestofte
AU - Nielsen, Anders
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Fish stock assessment models often relyon size- or age-specific observations that are assumed to be statistically independent of each other. In reality,these observations are not raw observations, but rather they are estimates from a catch-standardization model or similar summary statistics basedon observations from many fishing hauls and subsamples of the size and age composition of the data. Although aggregation mitigates the strongintra-haul correlation between sizes/ages that is usually found in haul-by-haul data, violations of the independence assumption can have a largeimpact on the results and specifically on reported confidence bounds. A state-space assessment model that allows for correlations between agegroups within years in the observation model for catches and surveys is presented and applied to data on several North Sea fish stocks using variouscorrelation structures. In all cases the independence assumption is rejected. Less fluctuating estimates of the fishing mortality is obtained due to areduced process error. The improved model does not suffer from correlated residuals unlike the independent model, and the variance of forecasts isdecreased.
AB - Fish stock assessment models often relyon size- or age-specific observations that are assumed to be statistically independent of each other. In reality,these observations are not raw observations, but rather they are estimates from a catch-standardization model or similar summary statistics basedon observations from many fishing hauls and subsamples of the size and age composition of the data. Although aggregation mitigates the strongintra-haul correlation between sizes/ages that is usually found in haul-by-haul data, violations of the independence assumption can have a largeimpact on the results and specifically on reported confidence bounds. A state-space assessment model that allows for correlations between agegroups within years in the observation model for catches and surveys is presented and applied to data on several North Sea fish stocks using variouscorrelation structures. In all cases the independence assumption is rejected. Less fluctuating estimates of the fishing mortality is obtained due to areduced process error. The improved model does not suffer from correlated residuals unlike the independent model, and the variance of forecasts isdecreased.
U2 - 10.1093/icesjms/fsw046
DO - 10.1093/icesjms/fsw046
M3 - Journal article
VL - 73
SP - 1788
EP - 1797
JO - I C E S Journal of Marine Science
JF - I C E S Journal of Marine Science
SN - 1054-3139
IS - 7
ER -