Table 1.

Parameters used in the prototype of an age-structured fish population and low and high initial population numbers at age for the prototype simulations. (Notation is as in Quinn & Deriso (1999).)

LVB	length–age parameters	L∞	100
		κ	0.2
		t0	0
isometric	weight–length parameters	α	0.00001
		β	3
isometric	fecundity–length parameters	α	2
		β	3
logistic	maturity–age parameters	m∞	1
		κ	1
		γ	5
Ricker	spawner–recruit parameters	α	1.00×10−5
		β	3.50×10−9
logistic	selectivity–age parameters	κ	1
		γ	3
	initial population
	age	low	high
	1	100	100
	2	50	1100
	3	50	50
	4	0	345
	5	0	750
	6	0	200
	7	10	10
	8	5	5
	9	0	200
	10	20	20