Download FAR 2015/80-Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) stock assessment for the Campbell Island Rise for 2013 with revised target strength acoustic biomass estimates

This report documents the development of a stock assessment for the Campbell Island Rise stock of southern blue whiting for 1979–2013 using catch history, proportion-at-age, and acoustic survey data up to and including the 2013 season. The primary data sources on abundance were the R.V. Tangaroa wide area acoustic surveys carried out from 1993 to 2013 and proportion-at-age data from 1979 to 2013.