M. Al-Jufaili Saud  , 
    Sensitivity of the F35% Target Fishing Rate to Variation in the Maturity Schedule,
    Journal of Fisheries International,
    Volume 2,Issue 4,
    2007,
    Pages 284-291,
    ISSN 1817-3381,
    jfish.2007.284.291,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2007.284.291)
    Abstract: Monte Carlo simulation experiments were conducted to explore how variability in the maturity schedule for English sole <I>Pleuronectes vetulus</I> is transformed into variability in estimates of F35%. Random values were generated for age at 50% maturity and the maturity slope coefficient for each of 10935 combinations of 8 factors. From these simulated data F<SUB>35%</SUB> values were derived and summarized for each experimental treatment as an average  F<SUB>35%</SUB> value and coefficient of variation. The summary statistics were then transformed and analyzed using forward stepwise linear regression to determine the relative importance of different factors plus a quadratic term were required to account for 90% of the variability in the data, whereas in the model for coefficient of variation in F<SUB>35%</SUB> all eight factors, plus interaction term and a quadratic term, were required to account for 90% of the variability in the data. In both models the age at 50% maturity and the age at 50% selection were the two most important explanatory variables.
    Keywords: F35%; English sole;Monte Carlo;maturity schedule;fishing rate