Length-based stock assessment models estimating mortality rates are attractive choices for assessing fisheries with data deficiencies. The U.S. Caribbean is exploring using these models and trying to optimize their commercial sampling program for such a model.A simulation model was constructed...

Economic modeling provides academic administrators with a logicalframework for analyzing costs associated with the processes involved in the deliveryof social work education. The specific costs associated with activities such as teaching,research, and service may be determined for a school of...