The importance of length and age composition data in statistical age-structured models for marine species

Kotaro Ono1*, Roberto Licandeo2, Melissa L. Muradian3, Curry J. Cunningham1, Sean C. Anderson4, FelipeHurtado-Ferro1, Kelli F. Johnson1, CareyR.McGilliard1,5, ColeC.Monnahan3, Cody S. Szuwalski1, Juan L. Valero1,6, Katyana A. Vert-Pre1,7, Athol R. Whitten1, and Andre E. Punt1 School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195-5020, USA Fisheries Centre, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, University of Washington, Box 352182, Seattle, WA 98195, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6 Joint Institute of the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University ofWashington, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA, USA Center for the Advancement of Population Assessment Methodology (CAPAM), 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA, USA School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, PO Box 110240, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA *Corresponding author: tel: +1 206 685 3609; fax: +1 206 685 7471; e-mail: kotarono@uw.edu

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