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#C Forecast file for Atlantic croaker stock assessment 2023

# for all year entries except rebuilder; enter either: actual year, -999 for styr, 0 for endyr, neg number for rel. endyr
1 # Benchmarks: 0=skip; 1=calc F_spr,F_btgt,F_msy; 2=calc F_spr,F0.1,F_msy 
2 # MSY: 1= set to F(SPR); 2=calc F(MSY); 3=set to F(Btgt) or F0.1; 4=set to F(endyr) 
0.25 # SPR target (e.g. 0.40)
0.25 # Biomass target (e.g. 0.40)
#_Bmark_years: beg_bio, end_bio, beg_selex, end_selex, beg_relF, end_relF, beg_recr_dist, end_recr_dist, beg_SRparm, end_SRparm (enter actual year, or values of 0 or -integer to be rel. endyr)
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 #Bmark_relF_Basis: 1 = use year range; 2 = set relF same as forecast below
#
1 # Forecast: 0=none; 1=F(SPR); 2=F(MSY) 3=F(Btgt) or F0.1; 4=Ave F (uses first-last relF yrs); 5=input annual F scalar
1 # N forecast years 
0 # F scalar (only used for Do_Forecast==5)
#_Fcast_years:  beg_selex, end_selex, beg_relF, end_relF, beg_recruits, end_recruits  (enter actual year, or values of 0 or -integer to be rel. endyr)
 0 0 -10 0 -999 0
0 # Forecast selectivity (0=fcast selex is mean from year range; 1=fcast selectivity from annual time-vary parms)
1 # Control rule method (1=catch=f(SSB) west coast; 2=F=f(SSB) ) 
0.4 # Control rule Biomass level for constant F (as frac of Bzero, e.g. 0.40); (Must be > the no F level below) 
0.1 # Control rule Biomass level for no F (as frac of Bzero, e.g. 0.10) 
0.75 # Control rule target as fraction of Flimit (e.g. 0.75) 
3 #_N forecast loops (1=OFL only; 2=ABC; 3=get F from forecast ABC catch with allocations applied)
3 #_First forecast loop with stochastic recruitment
1 #_Forecast recruitment:  0= spawn_recr; 1=value*spawn_recr_fxn; 2=value*VirginRecr; 3=recent mean) 
1 # value is multiplier of SRR 
0 #_Forecast loop control #5 (reserved for future bells&whistles) 
0  #FirstYear for caps and allocations (should be after years with fixed inputs) 
0 # stddev of log(realized catch/target catch) in forecast (set value>0.0 to cause active impl_error)
0 # Do West Coast gfish rebuilder output (0/1) 
0 # Rebuilder:  first year catch could have been set to zero (Ydecl)(-1 to set to 1999)
0 # Rebuilder:  year for current age structure (Yinit) (-1 to set to endyear+1)
1 # fleet relative F:  1=use first-last alloc year; 2=read seas, fleet, alloc list below
# Note that fleet allocation is used directly as average F if Do_Forecast=4 
2 # basis for fcast catch tuning and for fcast catch caps and allocation  (2=deadbio; 3=retainbio; 5=deadnum; 6=retainnum)
# Conditional input if relative F choice = 2
# enter list of:  season,  fleet, relF; if used, terminate with season=-9999
# 1 1 1
# enter list of: fleet number, max annual catch for fleets with a max; terminate with fleet=-9999
-9999 -1
# enter list of area ID and max annual catch; terminate with area=-9999
-9999 -1
# enter list of fleet number and allocation group assignment, if any; terminate with fleet=-9999
-9999 -1
#_if N allocation groups >0, list year, allocation fraction for each group 
# list sequentially because read values fill to end of N forecast
# terminate with -9999 in year field 
# no allocation groups
2 # basis for input Fcast catch: -1=read basis with each obs; 2=dead catch; 3=retained catch; 99=input Hrate(F)
#enter list of Fcast catches; terminate with line having year=-9999
#_Yr Seas Fleet Catch(or_F)
-9999 1 1 0 
#
999 # verify end of input