FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Spatially explicit estimates of stock size, structure and biomass of North Atlantic albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) BT AF LEHODEY, P. SENINA, I. DRAGON, A. -C. ARRIZABALAGA, H. AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:; C1 CLS, Space Oceanog Div, Marine Ecosyst Dept, F-31520 Ramonville St Agne, France. AZTI Tecnalia, Pasaia 20110, Spain. C2 CLS, FRANCE AZTI, SPAIN IN DOAJ IF 8.286 TC 11 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00286/39740/38218.pdf LA English DT Article AB The development of the ecosystem approach and models for the management of ocean marine resources requires easy access to standard validated data sets of historical catch data for the main exploited species. They are used to measure the impact of biomass removal by fisheries and to evaluate the models outputs, while the use of a standard data set facilitates models inter-comparison. Unlike standard stock assessment models, new state-of-the-art ecosystem models require geo-referenced fishing data with the highest possible spatial resolution. This study presents an application to the North Atlantic albacore tuna stock with a careful definition and validation of a spatially explicit fishing data set prepared from publicly available sources (ICCAT) for its use in a spatial ecosystem and population dynamics model (SEAPODYM) to provide the first spatially explicit estimate of albacore density in the North Atlantic by life stage. Density distributions together with the fishing data used for the estimates are provided at http://doi.pangaea.de/(see section Source Data References) (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828115; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828226; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828227; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828228; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828229; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828230; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828231; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828232; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828233; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828234; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828235; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828236; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828237; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828238; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828168; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828170; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.828171). PY 2014 SO Earth System Science Data SN 1866-3508 PU Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh VL 6 IS 2 UT 000356933900004 BP 317 EP 329 DI 10.5194/essd-6-317-2014 ID 39740 ER EF