Final report for the Assessment Methods Working Group summarizing the Domestic Shark P* Standardization Workshop Domestic Shark P* Standardization Workshop

"A three day workshop was held June 11-13, 2013 in Panama City, Fla. to investigate P* statistical analysis techniques for use in age-structured stock assessments of U.S. domestic shark stocks managed under the consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) (Appendix A). The workshop proceedings are summarized in this report. During the workshop, several shortcuts to published P* approaches were discussed that are currently being implemented or evaluated within the framework of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Southeast Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process. Preliminary analyses at the workshop indicated that results from some of the shortcuts were comparable to those obtained from published P* approaches. However, the application of the published P* approaches to the existing HMS domestic shark age-structure stock assessment model would require model modifications because the current model structure does not provide estimates of the distribution of fishing mortality (F) at maximum sustainable yield (F MSY)"--Executive summary. (doi:10.7289/V58W3B8D (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V58W3B8D)) by Dean L. Courtney, Enric Cortés, Xinsheng Zhang. "July 2014." doi:10.7289/V58W3B8D (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V58W3B8D) System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-15). 2014 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) Library http://doi.org/10.7289/V58W3B8D Public Domain 1864