Rufus Danby

Making the most of monkfish and megrim: Survey-based assessments and sustainable exploitation

PhD Aims:

  • To complement work carried out by the annual Scottish and Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Industry Science Survey for the assessment of monkfish stocks

PhD Objectives:

  • To investigate the catch selectivity and net retention probabilities for the gear used to fish monkfish
  • To develop an age-based assessment model, previously proposed by Fernandes (ICES 2013). The sensitivity of this model to age reading bias and error, as well as to survey coverage, will be investigated
  • To conduct a management strategy evaluation (MSE) to determine the most appropriate fishing and biomass reference points in accordance with ICES procedures

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