STAR Panel 2 2025

Reference Material

• Pre-assessment Data Workshop Report – Chilipepper Rockfish and California Quillback Rockfish (Jan 23, 2025)
  
• Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-2026
• Accepted Practices Guidelines for Groundfish Stock Assessments in 2025 and 2026
• Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2025-2026
  
• NOAA Groundfish Fishery-Independent Surveys: Overview Documentation (2023)
  
• Stock Synthesis Program and User Manual: https://github.com/nmfs-stock-synthesis/stock-synthesis/releases/tag/v3.30.21
  
• Stock Synthesis Equation Reference: (Methot and Wetzel 2013)
  
• GitHub Repositories used by U.S. West Coast stock assessments: PFMC assessments · GitHub
  
• Groundfish Stock Assessment Documents archive website: https://www.pcouncil.org/stock-assessments-star-reports-stat-reports-rebuilding-analyses-terms-of-reference/groundfish-stock-assessment-documents/

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