The Stock Synthesis software for stock assessment NWFSC

The Stock Synthesis software for stock assessment NWFSC Introduction & Objectives Arlington, VA June 5 -9, 2017

Objectives for this week Intro to and Overview of Stock Synthesis (SS) First SS course in SS 3. 30 format Topics Recruitment, Selectivity & Discard, Fishing Mortality Benchmark & Forecast, Data-Limited Approaches, Growth & Other Biology Spatial models, Environmental indicators Example Stocks Croaker, Black sea bass, quahog, red drum, striped bass, seatrout, flounder

Agenda AM PM Setup computers Distribute materials Intro presentation on SS Introduce SS 3. 30 Mon Tues Viewing SS output / r 4 ss Diagnostics Simple examples Composition data Selectivity Discard Wed Spawner-recruitment Recruitment bias adjustment Survey of a recruitment deviation Natural mortality Growth Hermaphrodites Thurs Fri Benchmark and Forecast Area-specific configurations Data-limited: depletion based Data-limited: catch curve based Time-varying parameters Environmental indicators Q&A Working in small groups and with one another will be beneficial U. S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 3

Website https: //vlab. ncep. noaa. gov/group/stocksynthesis/home SS executables Q&A Forum Document library Example Stocks

Meet the participants • Name • Work place • Stock assessment experience • SS experience • Stock of interest to implement in SS this week • What you would like to leave this course with?