Meeting Details:
August 12-13, 2025
Seattle, WA
Topics:
- Full Benchmark Assessments
- Update Stock Assessments
- Catch-Only Projections
Reference Material
- 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
- PFMC Advisory Body Ground Rules and relevant policies
- 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 ยท 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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