DLMtool (version 5.0)

DDes: Effort searching version of DD - Delay - Difference Stock Assessment with UMSY and MSY leading that fishes at 75 per cent of FMSY

Description

A simple delay-difference assessment that estimates FMSY using a time-series of catches and a relative abundance index. The MP provides a change in effort in the direction of FMSY up to a maximum change of 10 percent.

Usage

DDes(x, Data, reps = 100, LB=0.9, UB=1.1)

Arguments

x

A position in a data-limited methods data object

Data

A data-limited methods data object

reps

The number of stochastic samples of the TAC recommendation

LB

The lowest permitted factor of previous fishing effort

UB

The highest permitted factor of previous fishing effort

References

Method based on equations of Carl Walters (bug him with questions and expect colourful responses)