SEAPODYM 2° model hindcast

Tuna biomass (skipjack, albacore, yellowfin and bigeye tuna) variability over the period 1979-2010 simulated by the Spatial Ecosystem and Dynamics Model (SEAPODYM, http://www.seapodym.eu/ and https://github.com/PacificCommunity/seapodym-codebase).

Here, we provide the unfished biomass dynamics (i.e. without considering any fishing). For each of the four tuna species we provide both the total biomass (adults + juveniles) and the larvae abundance.

This model is described in :

Senina, I., Lehodey, P., Sibert, J. and J. Hampton. Integrating tagging and fisheries data into a spatial population dynamics model to improve its predictive skills. Can. J. Aquat. Fish. Sci. 77, 576–593 (2020), doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0470

Details on SEAPODYM can be found in the user reference manual.