Zusammenfassung: A recently introduced multivariate state-space time-series modeling algorithm, system-theoretic time-series, can be used to create a particularly robust state-space representation. Combining the model approximation methodology with time-series modeling of the residuals in accurate models of short-run dynamics. The approximate structural modeling methodology is illustrated with single species models of yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera ) biomass, and multispecies models of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis ), yellowfin sole, and red king crab (Paralithodes camtschatica ) biomasses in the eastern Bering Sea. A final application of the approximate structural/system-theoretic time-series model includes walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma ), Pacific halibut, Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus ), yellowfin sole, and red king crab. (Prepared in cooperation with Alaska Univ., Fairbanks.)