31 August 2011
Full Name: Patrick Laurence Cordue
Present
Position: Director, Principal Consultant
Present Employer: Innovative Solutions Limited
Academic Qualifications:
1984 Bsc (Hons, 1st class), Mathematics,
Victoria University of Wellington
1985 Msc (Distinction), Mathematics, Victoria University of
Wellington
Years as a Practising Researcher: 24
Professional Positions
Held:
1987-89 Scientist in Populations section, Fisheries Research Division, MAF. Engaged in acoustic survey design, data analysis, and software development.
1989-95 Scientist in Fisheries Modelling and Acoustics
group, MAF Fisheries. Emphasis on fisheries modelling and stock assessment,
with continued involvement with acoustic survey design and data analysis.
1995-00 Scientist in
Fisheries Modelling and Acoustics group, NIWA. Emphasis on fisheries modelling
and stock assessment, with continued involvement with acoustic survey design,
data analysis, and target strength estimation.
1988- Director, Innovative Solutions Ltd. Since November
2000 working full time for ISL, on fisheries research projects and as a
fisheries and statistical consultant.
Ballara, S.L., Cordue, P.L., Livingston, M.E., and
Sullivan, K.J. 1997: A review of the 1994-95 hoki fishery and assessment of
hoki stocks for 1996. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 97/10.
44 p.
Ballara, S.L., Livingston, M.E., and Cordue, P.L. 1998: A
review of the 1995-96 hoki fishery and assessment of hoki stocks for 1997. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 98/1. 56 p.
Ballara, S.L., Cordue, P.L., and Livingston, M.E. 1998: A
review of the 1996-97 hoki fishery and assessment of hoki stocks for 1998. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 98/25. 58 p.
Ballara, S.L., Hurst, R.J., and Cordue, P.L. 1999: Estimates of natural mortality for hoki.
Final Research Report to the Ministry of Fisheries for project HOK9801,
Objective 10. 27 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1988: Hoki acoustic survey, west coast South
Island, 1985. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 88/18. 27 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1988: Hoki acoustic survey, west coast South
Island, 1985: data summary. FRC Internal Report No. 100. 42 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1989: A comparison of hoki acoustic biomass
estimates west coast South Island 1985 and 1988, Cook Strait 1987 and 1988. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 89/5. 28 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1990: Overseas travel report: acoustic survey
of pollock in the Gulf of Alaska, February 1990. MAF Fisheries Greta Point Internal
Report No. 136. 10 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1990: ESP version 15: user manual. MAF
Fisheries Greta Point Internal Report No. 137. 59 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1991: Hoki acoustic biomass indices for the
west coast South Island 1988, 1989 and 1990. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment
Research Document 91/11. 31 p.
Cordue, P.L. and Francis, R.I.C.C. 1992: An evaluation of
the risk estimators used for the western hoki stock and the Chatham Rise orange
roughy fishery in the 1991 assessment. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment
Research Document 92/9. 31 p.
Cordue, P.L., McAllister, M.K., Pikitch, E.K. and Sullivan,
K.J. 1992: Stock assessment of hoki 1991. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment
Research Document 92/10. 41 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1993: A Minimised Integrated Average Mean
Squared Error Approach to Biomass and Risk Estimation. New Zealand Fisheries
Assessment Research Document 93/1. 21 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1993: Hoki stock assessment 1992: A comparison
of methods and results. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document
93/4. 19 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1993: MIAEL estimation of biomass and fishery
indicators for the 1993 hoki stock assessment. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment
Research Document 93/15. 33 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1994: Overseas travel report: orange roughy
workshop, CSIRO, Hobart, February 1994. MAF Fisheries Greta Point Internal
Report No. 223. 8 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1994: Hoki acoustic biomass estimates for Cook
Strait 1987-1993. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 94/9. 24
p.
Cordue, P.L. 1994: MIAEL estimation of biomass and fishery
indicators for the 1994 assessment of hoki stocks. New Zealand Fisheries
Assessment Research Document 94/21. 51 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1995: MIAEL estimation of biomass and fishery
indicators for the 1995 assessment of hoki stocks. New Zealand Fisheries
Assessment Research Document 95/13. 38 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1996: Hoki stocks: information indices for
virgin biomass calculated for a variety of research survey scenarios. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 96/2. 20 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1996: A model based method for bounding virgin
biomass using a catch history, relative abundance indices, and ancillary
information. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 96/8. 48 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1996: A nomenclature for marks occurring on
echograms. NIWA Internal Report (Fisheries) No. 257. 23 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1996: On the feasibility of using acoustic
techniques to estimate orange roughy and oreo biomass on underwater hills. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 96/22. 21 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1998: An evaluation of alternative stock
reduction estimators of year class strength and an assessment of the frequency
of Chatham Rise trawl surveys of juvenile hoki required for stock assessment.
New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 98/12. 44 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1998: An evaluation of alternative stock
reduction estimators of virgin biomass and of the information content of various
research survey scenarios. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document
98/22. 35 p.
Cordue,
P.L., & Ballara, S.L. 1998: MIAEL estimators of virgin biomass for stocks
where data are very limited. Final Research Report to the Ministry of Fisheries
for project SAM9701, Objective 3. 42 p.
Cordue, P.L., & Ballara, S.L.
1998: Acoustic surveys of spawning hoki off
the west coast South Island and in Cook Strait during winter 1997. New Zealand
Fisheries Assessment Research Document 98/24. 31 p.
Cordue,
P.L. 1998: The effects of errors in the assumed values of ageing error and the
precision of data inputs on MIAEL information indices. Final Research Report to
the Ministry of Fisheries for project HOK9701, Objectives 3 & 9. 32 p.
Cordue,
P.L., Macaulay, G.J., and Ballara, S.L. 1998: The potential of acoustics for
estimating juvenile hoki abundance by age on the Chatham Rise. Final Research
Report to the Ministry of Fisheries for project HOK9702, Objective 3. 35 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1999: MIAEL estimation of biomass and fishery
indicators for the 1998 assessment of hoki stocks. New Zealand Fisheries
Assessment Research Document 99/1. 64 p.
Cordue, P.L. 1999: MIAEL++ estimation. Final Research Report
to the Ministry of Fisheries for project MOF804 (MIAEL generalisation). 51 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2000: MIAEL++ estimation: further
developments.
Final Research Report to the Ministry of Fisheries for project MOF804 (MIAEL
generalisation). 27 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2000: MIAEL estimation improvements. Final Research Report
to the Ministry of Fisheries for project MOF1999/01B. 36 p.
Cordue, P.L 2005: An evaluation of
alternative management strategies for data poor fisheries. Final Research Report to the Ministry of
Fisheries for project SAM2002/01. 77 p.
Cordue,
P.L., Ballara, S.L., and Harley, S. 1999: Acoustic
survey of spawning hoki in Cook Strait during winter 1998. New Zealand
Fisheries Assessment Research Document 99/21. 15 p.
Cordue, P.L., Ballara, S.L., and Fisher, D.O. 1999: Catch sampling
of Cook Strait hoki for the 1997-98 fishing year. Final Research Report to the
Ministry of Fisheries for project HOK9701, Objective 4. 25 p.
Cordue, P.L., Ballara, S.L., and Horn, P.L. 2000: Hoki
ageing: recommendation of which data to routinely record for hoki otoliths. Final Research Report to
the Ministry of Fisheries for project MOF199901 (Hoki ageing). 24 p.
Cordue,
P.L., Macaulay, G. and Grimes, P.J., 2000: Estimation of acoustic target
strength of hoki using in situ data and swimbladder modelling. Final Research
Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project HOK9803, Objective 2.
Cordue,
P.L., Starr, P.J. 2008: SPO 3 stock assessment. AMP-WG-2008-xx. 73 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2010:
Linear-model derived bottom-referenced corrections for the Chatham Rise orange
roughy plume acoustic time series 2002-2009. Final Research Report to the
Ministry of Fisheries. 37 p.
Doonan, I.J., McMillan, P.J., Coburn, R.P., Hart, A.C., & Cordue, P.L. 1995: Assessment of smooth oreo for 1995. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 95/12. 31 p.
Hanchet, S.M., Chatterton, T.D. & Cordue, P.L. 1994:
Acoustic biomass estimates of southern blue whiting (M. australis) from
the Bounty Platform, Pukaki Rise and Campbell Island Rise, August-September
1993. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 94/23. 38 p.
Horn, P.L. and Cordue, P.L. 1996: MIAEL estimates of virgin
biomass and MCY, and an update of stock assessment for ling (Genypterus
blacodes) for the 1996-97 fishing year. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment
Research Document 96/9. 15 p.
Sullivan, K.J. and Cordue, P.L. 1990: Hoki stock assessment
1990. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 90/5. 30 p.
Sullivan, K.J. and Cordue, P.L. 1992: Stock assessment of
hoki for the 1992-93 fishing year. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research
Document 92/12. 44 p.
Sullivan, K.J., Cordue, P.L., & Ballara, S.L. 1995: A
review of the 1992-93 hoki fishery and assessment of hoki stocks for 1994. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 95/5. 43 p.
Sullivan, K.J. and Cordue, P.L. 1994: A review of the
1991-92 hoki fishery and assessment of hoki stocks for 1993. New Zealand
Fisheries Assessment Research Document 94/2. 42 p.
Ballara, S.L., Cordue, P.L., and Livingston, M.E. 2000: A
review of the 1997-98 hoki fishery and assessment of hoki stocks for 1999. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2000/8. 65 p.
Ballara,
S.L., Cordue, P.L., Livingston, M.E., ODriscoll, R.L., Kendrick, T.H. 2002: A
review of the 1999-2000 hoki fishery and assessment of hoki stocks for 2001. New
Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2002/4. 87 p.
Bull, B.
and Cordue, P.L. 2000: Sensitivities of fishery performance indicators to the
assumptions of a single stock model. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report
2000/39. 33 p.
Coombs, R.F. and Cordue, P.L. 1995: Evolution of a stock
assessment tool: acoustic surveys of hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)
off the west coast of the South Island, New Zealand, 1985-1991. New Zealand
Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 29: 175-194.
Cordue, P.L. 1998: Designing optimal estimators for fish
stock assessment. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55: 376-386.
Cordue, P.L. 2000: MIAEL estimation of biomass and fishery
indicators for the 1999 assessment of hoki stocks. New Zealand
Fisheries Assessment Report 2000/10. 69 p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2001. Short communication: A note on incorporating stochastic recruitment
into deterministic age structured population models. ICES Journal of Marine
Science 58: 794-798.
Cordue, P.L. 2001. MIAEL estimation of biomass and fishery
indicators for the 2001 assessment of hoki stocks. New Zealand
Fisheries Assessment Report 2001/65. 59 p.
Cordue,
P.L 2002. An analysis of an acoustic survey
of spawning hoki off west coast South Island during winter 2000. New Zealand
Fisheries Assessment Report 2002/26. 51 p.
Cordue,
P.L 2004: An evaluation of the management utility of fishery performance
indicators commonly used in New Zealand stock assessments. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2004/23. 72 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2006: Prior distributions for trawl and
acoustic survey proportionality constants used in the 2006 orange roughy stock
assessments. Draft
New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report
20xx/xx. xx p.
Cordue, P.L. 2007: Short communication: A note on non-random
error structure in trawl survey abundance indices. ICES Journal of Marine
Science 64: 1333-1337.
Cordue,
P.L 2007: An evaluation of a process based CPUE model for Chatham Rise hoki.
Draft New Zealand Fisheries Assessment
Report 20xx/xx. xx p.
Cordue,
P.L. and Ballara, S.L. 2001: An acoustic
survey of spawning hoki in Cook Strait during winter 1999. New Zealand
Fisheries Assessment Report 2001/15. 18 p.
Cordue, P.L., Coombs, R.F., and Macaulay, G.J. 2001: A
least squares method of estimating length to target strength relationships from
in situ target strength distributions and length frequencies. J.
Acoust. Soc. Am. 109: 155-163.
Cordue, P.L. and Francis, R.I.C.C. 1994: Accuracy and
choice in risk estimation for fisheries assessment. Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci. 51: 817-829.
Cordue P.L 2011. Fishing intensity metrics for use in
overfishing determination. Submitted to ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Undergoing review.
Cordue, P.L., Pomarede, M. 2011. A 2011 stock assessment of
bluenose (Hyperoglyphe antarctica). Draft New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2011/xx. xx p.
Dunn, A., Horn, P.L., Cordue, P.L., and Kendrick, T.H.
2000: Stock assessment of hake (Merluccius australis) for the 1999-2000
fishing year. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment
Report 2000/50. 50 p.
Francis, R.I.C.C., Cordue, P.L.,
and Haist, V. 2002: Review of the 2001 hoki stock assessment. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report
2002/42. 51 p.
Hicks, A.C., Cordue, P.L., and
Bull, B. 2002: Estimating proportions at age and sex in the commercial catch of
hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) using length frequency data. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report
2002/43. 51 p.
Zeldis, J.R., Murdoch, R.C., Cordue, P.L., and Page, M.J.
1998: Distribution of hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) eggs, larvae and
adults off Westland, New Zealand, and the design of an egg production survey to
estimate hoki biomass. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55: 1682-1694.
Cordue, P.L. 1993: A Minimised Integrated Average Expected
Loss approach to biomass and risk estimation. p. 1665-1670. In McAleer,
M. & Jakeman, A.J. (Eds.): Proceedings of the International Congress on
Modelling and Simulation, Dec. 6-10 1993, University of Western Australia.
Cordue, P.L. 1999: Can more data mean less information?
Presented to the New Zealand statistical association 50th
anniversary conference, July 5-7 1999, Victoria University of Wellington.
Cordue, P.L. 2002: Report on the ICCAT bluefin tuna
assessment meeting, ICCAT Headquarters, Madrid, Spain, 22-30 July 2002. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 19 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2003: Report on the stock assessment and
review of bocaccio and black rockfish, April 21-25, 2003, Santa Cruz,
California. For University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review.
14 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2003: Chair
report on the Stock Assessment Review committee meeting (SARC 37) June 16-20,
2003, New Bedford, Massachusetts. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 13
p.
Cordue, P.L. 2004: Report on the stock assessment and
review of Pacific hake (whiting), February 2-4, 2004, Seattle, Washington. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 13 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2004: Report on the west coast groundfish
stock assessment modelling workshop, October 25-29, 2004, Seattle, Washington. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 20 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2005: Chair
Report on the SEDAR 7 review workshop, April 4-7, 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 60 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2005: Review of
Advisory Report from SEDAR 7 review workshop, April 4-7, 2005, New Orleans,
Louisiana. For University of Miami Independent
System for Peer Review. 6 p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2005: Report on the Southern California rockfish Star
Panel, 9-13 May, 2005, Long Beach, California For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 18
p.
Cordue, P.L. 2005: Report on
SARC 41, June 6-8, 2005, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 20
p.
Cordue, P.L. 2006: Report on
Bering Sea & Aleutian Islands crab stock overfishing definitions, 24-27
April, 2006, Seattle, Washington. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 26
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2006: Review of Alaskan rockfish harvest strategies and
stock assessment methods, 19-22 June, 2006, Seattle, Washington.
For University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 36
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2006: Summary report: Review of acoustic integration model (AIM)
25-27 September, 2006, Washington, D.C. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 25 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2006: Report on
SARC 44, November 28-December 4, 2006, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 16
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Report on sablefish and longnosed skate Star Panel,
May 7-11, 2007, Newport, Oregon. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 24
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Report on blue and black rockfish Star Panel, May
21-25, 2007, Portland, Oregon. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 22
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Report on chilipepper and bocaccio rockfish Star
Panel, June 25-29, 2007, Santa Cruz, California. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 23
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Report on cowcod and darkblotched rockfish Star
Panel, July 16-20, 2007, Seattle, Washington. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 21
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Report on canary rockfish and arrowtooth flounder
Star Panel, July 30-August 3, 2007, Seattle, Washington. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 22
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Report on southern black rockfish and blue rockfish
Star Panel, October 1-5, 2007, Seattle, Washington. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 20
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Report on 2007 Star Panel meetings. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 16
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2007: Review of Star Panel process. For
University of Miami Independent System for Peer Review. 19
p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2008: Report on SEDAR 17, Stock Assessment Review, South Atlantic Vermilion
Snapper and Spanish Mackerel, October 20 - 24, 2008, Savannah, Georgia. For CIE
Independent System for Peer Review. 36 p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2010: Report on joint US-Canada Technical Review Panel for the Pacific whiting stock
assessment, February 8 - 10, 2010, Seattle, WA. For CIE Independent
System for Peer Review. 28 p.
Cordue,
P.L. 2010: Report on SEDAR 20, Atlantic menhaden and Atlantic croaker review,
March 8 - 12, 2010, North Charleston, SC. For CIE Independent System for
Peer Review. 45 p.
Cordue, P.L. 2010:
Survey method review for JMA7. NZ Ministry of Fisheries, Final Research Report.
36 p.
Dunn,
M.R., Cordue, P.L., Langley, A., Stokes, K. 2010. Review of data and potential
stock assessment approaches for orange roughy on the Challenger Plateau (ORH
7A). Draft N.Z. Fisheries Assessment Research Document. 41 p.