Abstract
We propose a framework of shared data and analysis as a strategy for advancing stock assessment. Global access to documented data sets would allow investigators worldwide to address actual problems, such as the probability of stock collapse under a specified harvest regime. We argue that assessment science can mature only in the context of shared data. Consequently, lucid data provide an important legacy that fishery scientists now can leave to their successors.
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Richards, L.J., Schnute, J.T. (1998). A strategy for advancing stock assessment. In: Pitcher, T.J., Pauly, D., Hart, P.J.B. (eds) Reinventing Fisheries Management. Fish & Fisheries Series, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4433-9_30
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