A report of the 34th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop: An age-structured assessment model for Georges Bank winter flounder An age-structured assessment model for Georges Bank winter flounder

An age-structured assessment model for Georges Bank winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) stock during 1964-2000 is developed to provide an alternative to VPA-based analyses of stock status. Age-structured population dynamics of winter flounder are modeled using standard forward-projection methods for statistical catch-at-age analyses.