FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A two-stage biomass random effects model for stock assessment without catches: What can be estimated using only biomass survey indices? BT AF TRENKEL, Verena AS 1:; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH; C1 Inst Francais Rech Exploitat Mer, Dept Ecol & Models Fisheries, F-44311 Nantes 3, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 IF 2.276 TC 16 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4565.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;survey based assessment;population state;random effects AB A simple two-stage biomass random effects population dynamics model is presented for carrying out fish stock assessments based on survey indices using no commercial catch information. Recruitment and biomass growth are modelled as random effects, reducing the number of model parameters while maintaining model flexibility. No assumptions regarding natural mortality rates are required. The performance of the method was evaluated using simulated data with emphasis on identifying parameter redundancy, which showed that the variance of the biomass growth random effect might only be estimable if large (> 0.2). The full and two nested models were fitted to European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the Bay of Biscay using two survey series. The best-fitting model had fixed biomass growth and random recruitment following a lognormal distribution. PY 2008 PD JUL SO Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences SN 0706-652X PU NRC VL 65 IS 6 UT 000257358500002 BP 1024 EP 1035 DI 10.1139/F08-028 ID 4565 ER EF