2008 Stock
assessment workshops, Noumea, 19th June – 4th July.
Brief overview
Objectives – Increase national
capacities to use and interpret regional stock assessments, fisheries data and oceanographic
information at the national level,
to participate in Commission scientific work, and to understand the implications of Commission stock assessments
Design and Content – 2 workshops
of 1 week each, for new and returning participants. Key themes included Background theory,
Parameter Estimation, and
Interpretation.
Theory sessions followed by computer lab sessions or
group discussion/exercise
sessions to reinforce concepts.
Outcomes – Tests, surveys and observation of participants
indicated significantly increased
understanding of stock assessment after both workshops. It represented further progress towards meeting the overall stock assessment related objectives of
the OFMP.
Its longterm benefits will be lost without regular
follow-up workshops, and other training/attachments
of fisheries staff, and online revision.
***Report of the 2008 OFMP Stock Assessment
Workshops now available:
As paper: WCPFC-SC4-2008/GN WP-6
Subcomponent 1.2 Stock Assessment
