A preliminary gadget model to assess the Spanish Red seabream fishery of the Strait of Gibraltar

Abstract

This work shows the first implementation of gadget (an age-length based model) to the Spanish Red seabream fishery data from the Strait of Gibraltar: gadget is a toolbox developed to implement marine ecosystem models considering the fishing effect. Our goal is to launch a new approach for the Red seabream fishery assessment following Icelandic deepwater stocks example. Sooner or later, we would like to change the current category of this deep water fishery: from data poor to stocks with quantitative assessments. These trials should be attempted before planning a future Benchmark Group