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Age Based Assessment in the Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus: A Pilot Study - Final Report
Mann, Roger L. Rudders, David Roman, Sally Southworth, Melissa Clark, Kaitlyn R.
Mann, Roger L.
Rudders, David
Roman, Sally
Southworth, Melissa
Clark, Kaitlyn R.
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If the current sea scallop fishery is well managed with a Catch At Size Analysis (CASA) length structured model, then why bother with an age based assessment? The success of the CASA based approach, in conjunction with management measures, is demonstrated by the development of the scallop fishery over the past two decades to its current status as the one of the most valuable fisheries on the Atlantic coast of the United States (NOAA, 2021). But, even the best length-based model can be improved by the addition of age data. An age-based model calibrates a length-based model, including a description as to whether or not the age-length relationship is constant across time and space throughout the exploited range of the fishery. It also improves description of recruitment in species where age estimation for small/young individuals is difficult, and description of mortality where age estimation of large/old individuals is difficult (both are the current case for sea scallops). The project described here also improves on the current status quo for age estimation in that it allows the use of a full range of sizes collected individuals, rather than just larger individuals, in age estimation, and is not compromised where external shell signatures, the current base for scallop age estimation, are eroded and difficult to read. In short, an age-based assessment would provide tools to the scallop assessment that are currently limited in certain aspects.
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2022-07-27
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Marine Resource Reports
Research and Technical Reports, Sea scallop fishery, age determination
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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https://doi.org/10.25773/vacb-7505