National Stock Assessment Workshops

NOAA Fisheries holds National Stock Assessment Workshops to bring the agency's stock assessment scientists from across the nation together to address issues of common importance.

NOAA Fisheries holds National Stock Assessment Workshops to bring the agency's stock assessment scientists from across the nation together to address issues of common importance. The table below includes a list of all workshops, with links to their Proceedings as available. National Stock Assessment Workshops (NSAW)
#	Title	Where	When
13	Model Stability, Model Complexity, and Ensemble Modeling	Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Irvine, CA	22-24 May 2018
12	Overfishing? Overfished? Approaches and challenges surrounding stock status determination criteria	Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Portland, OR	13-15 August 2015
11	Characterization of Scientific Uncertainty in Assessments to Improve Determination of Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs) (joint with the National Habitat Assessment Workshop)	Southeast Fisheries Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL	17-20 May 2010
10	Improving Integrated Surveys and Stock Assessments (joint with the National Economic and Social Science Workshop)	Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Port Townsend, WA	6-8 May 2008
9	Quantifying Scientific Advice for Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management	Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, San Francisco CA	18-20 April 2006
8	Quantifying Scientific Advice for Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management	Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Newport, RI	2-4 March 2004
7	(Re)building Sustainable Fisheries and Ecosystems	Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA	11-13 December 2001
6	Incorporating Ecosystem Considerations into Stock Assessments and Management Advice	Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle WA	28-30 March 2000
5	Providing Scientific Advice to Implement the Precautionary Approach Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act	Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Key Largo FL	24-26 February 1998
4	Spatial Patterns: Survey Design, Geographic Analysis, and Migration Models	Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle WA	10-12 August 1994
3	Bycatch and Discard Mortality: Sampling, Estimation and Implications for Scientific Advice	Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole MA	20-22 July 1993
2	Defining Overfishing -- Defining Stock Rebuilding	Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla CA	31 March - 2 April 1992
1	Determination of Allowable Biological Catches	Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami FL	19-22 March 1991