The Next Generation of Fish Stock Assessments, Part 2

Wednesday, August 20, 2014: 8:20 AM-3:10 PM
301A (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
8:20 AM
Object-Oriented Design of MAS, a Metapopulation Assessment System
Jon Brodziak, NOAA Fisheries/PIFSC; Matthew Supernaw, NOAA Fisheries/SEFSC; Clay Porch, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center

8:40 AM
Modeling Age-at-Length and Length-at-Age Data Incorporating Multiple Years
Quang Huynh, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; John M. Hoenig, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; Phil Sadler, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary

9:00 AM
Gmacs: A Generalized Size-Based Stock Assessment Modeling Framework
Athol Whitten, University of Washington; James Ianelli, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; André Punt, University of Washington

9:20 AM
The Future of Length-Based Stock Assessments
Todd Gedamke, MER Consultants; John M. Hoenig, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; Jon Brodziak, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Quang Huynh, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary; John F. Walter III, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Meaghan Bryan, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Clay Porch, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center

9:40 AM
Lengthening Our Stride: Evaluating the Inclusion of Length Compositions When Enhancing Data-Limited Stock Assessments
Jason Cope, Northwest Fisheries Science Center/NOAA Fisheries; Jim Hastie, Northwest Fisheries Science Center/NOAA Fisheries; James Thorson, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC; Chantell Wetzel, Northwest Fisheries Science Center/NOAA Fisheries

10:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Break


10:30 AM
Low-Data Methods for Managing Fisheries Around Marine Reserves Using Fishery-Dependent and Fishery-Independent Length-Frequency Data
Elizabeth Babcock, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

10:50 AM
Data-Limited Stock Assessment Methods Applied to Global Coral Reef Fisheries
Merrill B. Rudd, University of Washington; Trevor A. Branch, University of Washington; Ray Hilborn, University of Washington

11:10 AM
Composite per-Recruits: Metrics for Deriving Biological Reference Points of Data-Poor Stocks
Joseph Munyandorero, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

11:30 AM
Maintaining the Continuity and Information in a Fisheries-Dependent Relative Index of Abundance
Daniel Hoenig, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; Meaghan Bryan, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center; John F. Walter III, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center; David J. Die, University of Miami, RSMAS

11:50 AM
Wednesday Lunch


1:30 PM
Stock Assessments in an Ecosystem Context
Jason S. Link, NOAA Fisheries

2:10 PM
Estimating the Impacts of Cumulative Stressors on Fisheries Production in the Chesapeake Bay System with Atlantis
Thomas F. Ihde, Versar, Inc., NOAA/NMFS Chesapeake Bay Office; Howard M. Townsend, NOAA/NMFS Chesapeake Bay Office

2:30 PM
A Methodology for Assessing the Vulnerability of Marine Fish Stocks to a Changing Climate
Mark W. Nelson, NOAA Fisheries Service; Wendy Morrison, NOAA Fisheries Service; Jon Hare, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Roger B. Griffis, NOAA Fisheries Service; Megan M. Stachura, University of Washington; Michael Alexander, NOAA Earth System Research Lab; Jamie Scott, NOAA Earth System Research Lab; Eric Teeters, NOAA Fisheries

2:50 PM
Northeast Fisheries Climate Vulnerability Assessment: First Implementation of a National Methodology
Jonathan Hare, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Mark W. Nelson, NOAA Fisheries Service; Wendy Morrison, NOAA Fisheries Service; Roger B. Griffis, NOAA Fisheries Service; Megan M. Stachura, National Marine Fisheries Service

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