Improving data-limited stock assessment with sporadic stock index information in stock reduction analysis

As most exploited fisheries lack a coherent time series of biomass index, development of data-limited stock assessment methods such as stock reduction analysis (SRA), is critical for fishery stock assessment due to their modest data requirements for estimating stock status and overfishing catch limits. In this study, we propose that sporadic time series of biomass indices, if available, may be fully utilized to inform priors of recent relative...