Peer reviewed publications

Maunder, M.N. and Harley, M.N. (accepted) Evaluating tuna management in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Harley, S.J., Maunder, M.N., and Deriso, R. (2005). Review of the assessment of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Special issue for the 2nd bigeye tuna world conference, ICCAT Collective Volume of Scientific Papers 57 (2): 218-241. (http://www.iccat.es/Documents/CVSP/CV057_2005/no_2/CV057020218.pdf)

Hampton, J., Sibert, J.R., Kleiber, P., Maunder, M.N., and Harley, S.J. (2005). Decline of Pacific tuna populations exaggerated?. Nature E1-E2. (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7037/full/nature03581.html)

Maunder, M.N. and Punt, A.E. (2004) Standardizing Catch and Effort Data: A Review of Recent Approaches. Fisheries Research 70(2-3): 141-159.

Maunder, M.N. and Langley, A.D. (2004) Integrating the standardization of catch-per-unit-of-effort into stock assessment models: testing a population dynamics model and using multiple data types. Fisheries Research 70(2-3): 389-395.

Hoyle, S. D. and Maunder, M.N. (2004) A Bayesian integrated population dynamics model to analyze data for protected species. EURING proceedings. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(1): 247-266. (http://www.bcn.es/museuciencies_fitxers/imatges/FitxerContingut4235.pdf)

McCarthy, M.A., Keith, D., Tietjen, J., Burgman, M.A., Maunder M.N., Master, L., Brook, B.W., Mace, G., Possingham, H.P., Medellin, R., Andelman, S., Regan, H., Regan, T., and Ruckelshaus, M. (2004) Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgment. Acta Oecologica 26: 67-74.  Special issue for the Extinction Working Group of the National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis.

Maunder M.N. (2004) Population Viability Analysis, Based on Combining Integrated, Bayesian, and Hierarchical Analyses. Acta Oecologica 26: 85-94. Special issue for the Extinction Working Group of the National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis.

Gaertner, D., Hallier, J-P, Maunder, M.N. (2004) A tag attrition model as a means to estimate the efficiency of two types of tags used in tropical tuna fisheries. Fisheries Research 69: 171-180.

Maunder, M.N. (2003) Paradigm shifts in fisheries stock assessment: from integrated analysis to Bayesian analysis and back again. Natural Resource Modeling, 16(4): 465-475. (Paradigm shifts)

Maunder, M.N. and Watters, G.M. (2003). A-SCALA: An Age-Structured Statistical Catch-at-Length Analysis for Assessing Tuna Stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Inter-Amer. Trop. Tuna Comm., Bull. 22(5) 433-582. (in English and Spanish) 681 Kb

Maunder, M.N. and Watters, G.M. (2003). A general framework for integrating environmental time series into stock assessment models: model description, simulation testing, and example. Fishery Bulletin, 101: 89-99.

Maunder, M.N. and Starr, P.J. (2003). Fitting fisheries models to standardised CPUE abundance indices. Fisheries Research 63: 43-50.

Breen, P.A.., Hilborn, R., Maunder, M.N., and Kim, S.W. (2003) Effects of alternative control rules on the conflict between a fishery and a threatened sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60: 527-541.

Maunder, M.N. (2003) Is it time to discard the Schaefer model from the stock assessment scientist’s toolbox? Fisheries Research, 61: 145-149.

Maunder, M.N. and Deriso, R.B. (2003) Estimation of recruitment in catch-at-age models. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60: 1204-1216.

Hilborn, R.H., Parma, A., and Maunder, M.N. (2002) Exploitation rate reference points for west coast rockfish: are they robust and are there better alternatives? North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 22: 365-375.

Maunder, M.N. (2002). The relationship between fishing methods, fisheries management and the estimation of MSY. Fish and Fisheries, 3: 251-260. 

Maunder, M.N. and Starr, P.J. (2002). Industry participation in stock assessment: The New Zealand SNA1 snapper (pagrus auratus) fishery. Marine Policy, 26(6): 481-492.

Maunder, M.N. (2002) Growth of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the eastern Pacific Ocean, as estimated from tagging data. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Bulletin, 22(2): 93-131. (in English and Spanish) 401 Kb

Maunder, M.N. and Starr, P.J. (2001) Bayesian Assessment of the SNA1 snapper (Pagrus auratus) stock on the northeast coast of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 35: 87-110.

Maunder M.N. (2001) A general framework for integrating the standardization of catch-per-unit-of-effort into stock assessment models. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 58: 795-803.

Maunder, M.N. (2001) Integrated Tagging and Catch-at-Age ANalysis (ITCAAN). In Spatial Processes and Management of Fish Populations, edited by G.H. Kruse,N. Bez, A. Booth, M.W. Dorn, S. Hills, R.N. Lipcius, D. Pelletier, C. Roy, S.J. Smith, and D. Witherell, Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report No. AK-SG-01-02, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 123-146.

Maunder, M.N., Starr, P.J. and Hilborn, R. (2000) A Bayesian analysis to estimate loss in squid catch due to the implementation of a sea lion Population Management Plan. Marine Mammal Science, 16(2): 413-426. 

Starr, P.J., N. Bentley & M. Maunder. (1999) Stock assessment of two New Zealand rock lobster substocks. N.Z. Fisheries Assessment Research Document 99/34.  44 p

Maunder, M.N. (1998) Problems with using an environmental based recruitment index: examples from a New Zealand snapper (Pagrus auratus) assessment. In fishery stock assessment models, edited by F. Funk, T.J. Quinn II, J. Heifetz, J.N. Ianelli, J.E. Powers, J.J. Schweigert, P.J. Sullivan, and C.I. Zhang, Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report No. AK-SG-98-01, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 679-692.

Maunder, M.N. and Starr, P.J. (1998) Validating the Hauraki Gulf snapper pre-recruit trawl surveys and temperature recruitment relationship using catch at age analysis with auxiliary information. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 98/15 23p.

Maunder, M.N. (1997) Investigation of density dependence in salmon spawner-egg relationships using queueing theory. Ecological modelling 104: 189-197.

Maunder, M. N. and Starr, P. J. (1995) Sensitivity of management reference points to the ratio of B_msy/B₀ determined by the Pella-Tomlinson shape parameter fitted to New Zealand rock lobster data. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 95/10 p22.

Selected Reports

Hampton, J. and Maunder, M.N. (2005) Comparison of Pacific-wide, western and central Pacific, and eastern Pacific assessments of bigeye tuna. WCPFC–SC1 SA WP–2−SUP, 19p. (http://www.spc.int/OceanFish/Html/WCPFC/SC1/pdf/SC1_SA_WP_2_SUP.pdf)

Langley, A. Bigelow, K. Maunder, M.N. and Miyabe, N. (2005) Longline CPUE indices for bigeye and yellowfin in the Pacific Ocean using GLM and statistical habitat standardisation methods. WCPFC–SC1 SA WP–8, 40p. (http://www.spc.int/OceanFish/Html/WCPFC/SC1/pdf/SC1_SA_WP_8.pdf)

Maunder M.N. and Suter, J.M. (2005) Catch limits for individual purse-seine vessels to reduce fishing mortality on bigeye tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean. IATTC Working Group on Stock Assessments, 6th Meeting, SAR-6-08b. (http://www.iattc.org/PDFFiles2/SAR-6-08b_Vessel_catch_limits.pdf)

Maunder M.N. (2005) The influence of new biological parameters on the bigeye tuna assessment. IATTC Working Group on Stock Assessments, 6th Meeting, SAR-6-07b.

Maunder, M.N. and Hoyle, S.D. (2005) Evaluation of the effect of resolution C-04-09. IATTC Working Group on Stock Assessments, 6th Meeting, SAR-6-08a. (http://www.iattc.org/PDFFiles2/SAR-06-8a_Effect_of_restrictions.pdf)

Harley, S.J. and Maunder, M.N.  (2005).  Status of bigeye tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2003 and outlook for 2004.  Inter-Amer. Trop. Tuna Comm., Stock Assessment Report, 5: 168-290. (http://www.iattc.org/PDFFiles2/SAR5 _BET_ ENG.pdf)

Maunder, M.N. and Harley, S.J. (2005).  Status of yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2003 and outlook for 2004.  Inter-Amer. Trop. Tuna Comm., Stock Assessment Report, 5: 5-108. (http://www.iattc.org/PDFFiles2/SAR5 _YFT_ENG.pdf)

Maunder, M.N. and Harley, S.J. (2005).  Status of skipjack tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2003 and outlook for 2004.  Inter-Amer. Trop. Tuna Comm., Stock Assessment Report, 5: 109-167. (http://www.iattc.org/PDFFiles2/SAR5 _SKJ_ENG.pdf)

Hoyle, S. D. and Maunder M.N. (2004). Integrated modeling for protected species. PFRP [Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa], 9(4): 6-8. (http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/PFRP/newsletters/Oct-Dec2004.pdf)

Hinton, M.G. and Maunder, M.N. (2004) Status of stripped marlin in the eastern Pacific Ocean.  Inter-Amer. Trop. Tuna Comm., Stock Assessment Report, 4: 287:310. (http://www.iattc.org/PDFFiles2/SAR4_MLS_ENG.pdf)

Maunder, M.N. (compiled by) (2003). Workshop on reference points for tunas and billfishes (http://www.iattc.org/Meetings2003ENG.htm).

Hinton, M.G. and Maunder, M.N. (2003) Methods for standardizing CPUE and how to select among them. ICCAT SCRS/2003/034. (http://www.iccat.int/Documents/CVSP/CV056_2004/no_1/CV056010169.pdf)

Maunder, M.N. and Harley, S.J. (2003) Methodological improvements to the EPO tuna stock assessments. SCTB16 MWG-2. (http://www.spc.int/OceanFish/Html/SCTB/SCTB16/mwg2.pdf)

Harley, S.J. and Maunder, M.N. (2003) Recommended diagnostics for large statistical stock assessment models. SCTB16 WG-3. (http://www.spc.int/OceanFish/Html/SCTB/SCTB16/mwg3.pdf)

Bigelow, K., Maunder, M.N., Hinton, M. (2003) Comparison of deterministic and statistical habitat-based models to estimate effective longline effort and standardized cpue for bigeye and yellowfin tuna. SCTB16 RG-3. (http://www.spc.org.nc/OceanFish/Html/SCTB/SCTB16/RG3.pdf)

Hampton, J., Kleiber, P., Takeuchi, Y., Kurota, H., and Maunder, M.N. (2003) Stock assessment of bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean, with comparisons to the entire Pacific Ocean. SCTB16 BET–1. (http://www.spc.org.nc/OceanFish/Html/SCTB/SCTB16/bet1.pdf)

Maunder, M.N., Hinton, M.G., Bigelow, K.A., and Harley, S.J. (2002) Statistical comparisons of habitat standardized effort and nominal effort, SCTB 15, MWG-7, 18p. (http://www.spc.org.nc/OceanFish/Html/SCTB/SCTB15/MWG-7.pdf)

Sun, C., Maunder, M.N., Watters, G.M., and Yeh, S. (2002) An update of the application of the A-SCALA method to bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean, SCTB 15, BET-6, 29p.

Maunder, M.N. (2001) Priors for the shape and productivity parameters of a Bayesian Pella - Tomlinson model. IOTC Working Party on Methods, Sete, France, April 23-27, 2001.

Hilborn, R., Valero, J.L., and Maunder, M.N. (2001) Status of the sablefish resource off the U.S. Pacific coast in 2001. Report to the SAR pannel.

Sun,C., Maunder, M.N., Hampton, J., Watters, G.M., and Yeh, S. (2001) Application of the A-SCALA method to bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish 14, BET-4. (http://www.spc.org.nc/OceanFish/Html/SCTB/SCTB14/bet4.pdf)

Sun,C., Maunder, M.N., Hampton, J., Watters, G.M., and Yeh, S. (2001) Application of the A-SCALA method to bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. Project Report to the Taiwanese Fisheries Administration.

Maunder M.N. (2000). Software review: AD Model Builder. American Fisheries Society Computer User Section Newsletter, XIV(2): 10-14. (http://www.fisheries.org/cus/newsltrs/CUS-news-F2000.pdf)

Maunder, M N and Hilborn, R (2000) Hooker Sea Lion Model. Final Research Report, CSL 99/3094, Department of Conservation, Wellington, NZ.

Maunder, M.N. (1999) A completely length-based and spatially-structured model for fisheries stock assessment, with application to the eastern Pacific Ocean skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) population. Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish 12, SKJ-5.

Hampton, J. Maunder, M., Miyabe, N. and Watters, G. (1999). Report of the bigeye tuna modelling workshop. Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish 12, BET-6.

Hilborn, R., Maunder, M.N., Parma, A., Ernst, B., Paynes, J. and Starr, P.J. (2000) Documentation for a general age-structured Bayesian stock assessment model: code named Coleraine. Fisheries Research Institute, University of Washington, FRI/UW 00/01.

Hilborn, R., Maunder, M.N., Parma, A., Ernst, B., Payne, J., Starr, P.J. (1999) Coleraine: A generalized age structured stock assessment model. User’s manual, version 1. (http://www.fish.washington.edu/research/coleraine/)

Hilborn, R., Parma, A., Maunder, M. N., Maguire, J.J. and Read, L. (1998) An assessment of the status of the sablefish stock of the U.S. Pacific coast in 1998. Report to the SAR panel.

Hilborn, R., Maunder, M. N., Parma, A., Maguire, J.J. and Read, L. (1998) An assessment of the status of the short spine thornyhead stock of the U.S. Pacific coast in 1998. Report to the SAR panel.

Hilborn, R. and Maunder, M.N. (1997) Estimation of exploitation rates in the B.C. sablefish fishery based on mark-recapture analysis including depth and area movement. Report prepared for the B.C. Black Cod Fishermen’s Association.

Haist, V., Saunders, M.W., Hilborn, R., and Maunder, M.N. (1997). Sablefish stock assessment for 1997 and recommended yield options for 1998. DFO Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat Research Document 97/146.

Breen, P., Kendrick, T., Starr, P.J. and Maunder, M.N. (1994) Results of the implementation of the rock lobster decision rule in 1994. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Working Group Report 94/3.