Stock Assessment Training Program
NOAA Fisheries offers this development program for stock assessment scientists for continued education and training to advance their knowledge of fisheries population dynamics.
NOAA Fisheries' stock assessment professional development program provides stock assessment scientists with ongoing, consistent opportunities for continued education and training in the evolving skills necessary for next generation stock assessments in all regions. Through in-person and online training workshops, fisheries scientists can obtain educational opportunities to advance their knowledge and skills at the forefront of fisheries population dynamics. This training webpage provides an information portal for training resources for fisheries population dynamics scientists.
2020
Stock Synthesis: Intro to the Stock Synthesis Interface
Instructor: Richard Methot
Date: March 19, 2020
Location: Online Webinar
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
Species Distribution Modeling
Instructors: James Thorson and Elliott Hazen
Intro to Github
Instructors: Corinne Bassin and Christine Stawitz
Date: April 20, 2020 (both workshops held in conjunction with National Stock Assessment Workshop)
Location: Providence, RI
2019
Stock Synthesis: Selectivity and Catchability
Instructor: Richard Methot
Date: March 7, 2019
Location: Online Webinar
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
VAST: Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Instructor: James Thorson
Dates: August 15-16, 2019
Location: NEFSC, Woods Hole, MA
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
2018
Data Limited Sock Assessments: Principles and Applications
Instructor: Jason Cope; Chantel Wetzel
Date: October 15-17, 2018
Location: SEFSC, Miami, FL
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
Scientific Computing
Instructor: Matthew Supernaw
Date: June 19-21, 2018
Location: PIFSC, Honolulu, HI
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
Stock Synthesis: Intro to SS 3.30
Instructor: Richard Methot
Date: June 21, 2018
Location: Online Webinar
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
Stock Synthesis
Instructor: Richard Methot
Date: June 4-7, 2018
Location: SEFSC, Miami, FL
Contact: abiigail.furnish@noaa.gov
Data Limited Stock Assessments: Principles and Applications
Instructor: Jason Cope; Meaghan Bryan
Date: April 17-19, 2018
Location: AFSC, Seattle, WA
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
Stock Synthesis - Shark Focus
Instructor: Richard Methot
Date: Feb. 2-23, 2018
Location: SWFSC, La Jolla, CA
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
MSE Short Course
Instructor: Andre Punt
Date: Jan. 8-12, 2018
Location: PIFSC, Honolulu, HI
Contact: beth.lumsden@noaa.gov; abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
2017
Data Limited Stock Assessments: Principles and Applications
Instructor: Jason Cope; Chantel Wetzel
Date: Aug. 8-10, 2017
Location: Woods Hole, Ma
Contact: abigail.furnish@noaa.gov
Introduction to FishStats for new users
Instructor: Jim Thorson
Date: Feb. 8-10, 2017
Location: AFSC, Seattle, WA
Contact: sarah.stein@noaa.gov