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West Coast Groundfish Harvest Policy

Inferring Bayesian Priors with Limited Direct Data: Applications to Risk Analysis

Ransom A. Myers Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1, Canada
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N. J. Barrowman Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1, Canada
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Ray Hilborn School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Post Office Box 357980, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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Daniel G. Kehler Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1, Canada
Pages 351-364 | Received 18 Aug 2000, Accepted 18 Jul 2001, Published online: 08 Jan 2011

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