Main Research Areas

• Stock assessment: GLM, GLMM, Global model; Depletion model, Age-structured Depletion model; Age-structured statistic model; Length structured model; Recruitment and environment; Bootstrapping and Monte Carlo; Bayesian analysis; Geo-statistics based on maximum likelihood; Swept Area Method, Geographic Information System.

• Fishery Management based on Catch: Total allowable catch; Biological Reference Points; Harvesting strategies; Management procedures.

• Fishery Management based on Fishing Effort Regulation; Catchability coefficients, Fishing Effort Standardization; Vessel Units, Total Allowable Effort.

• Fishery Biology: Daily ration of fish; Growth; Reproduction.

• Languages: MatLab, Fortran, Visual Basic, R, WinBug, ADModel Builder (ADMB), and Template Model Builder (TMB).

Stocks assessments conducted by species.

• Falkland Islands Squid (Loligo gahi )

• Falkland Islands Toothfish (Dossistichus eleginoides)

• Falkland Islands Grenadier (Macrouros carinatus )

• Chilean common hake (Merluccius gayi gayi) 

• Chilean southern hake ( Merluccius australis)

• Chilean Hoki  ( Macroronus magellanicus)

• Chilean Southern Blue Whiting (Micromesistius  australis)

• Chilean Kingklip (Genypterus blacodes)

• Chilean Orange Roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus)

• Chilean Jumbo Squid ( Dosidicus gigas)

• Chilean Jack Mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)

• Anchovy(Engraulis ringens)