shrimps {TropFishR}

Shrimp data

Description

Data from the Kuwait shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) fishery. They can be used to simulate different management scenarios by applying prediction models (predict_mod). Fishing mortalities were estimated from catch data and biomass estimates were obtained from the swept area method. Recuritment to fishery at the age of one month (Tr = 1).

Usage

data(shrimps)

Format

A list consisting of: 1. age groups [months], 2. meanWeight, 3. meanValue, 4.FM, and 5.M

Source

Garcia, S. and N.P. van Zalinge, 1982. Shrimp fishing in Kuwait: methodology for a joint analysis of the artisanal and industrial fisheries. pp. 119-142 In: Report on the Workshop on assessment of the shrimp stocks of the west coast of the Gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Fisheries development in the Gulf. Rome, FAO, FI:DP/RAB/80/015/1, 163 p.

Examples

data(shrimps)
str(shrimps)
summary(shrimps)