Greetings from the Stock Synthesis (SS3) Development Team:

About Stock Synthesis

Stock Synthesis (SS3) is an age-structured population dynamics model that is used to assess the impact of fisheries on fish and shellfish stocks while taking into account the influence of environmental factors.

How to find Stock Synthesis resources

All resources are publicly available; no registration is required.

  1. The Getting Started and Developing Your First SS3 Model guides.
  2. The Stock Synthesis release and fix executables. Archived executables are also available for download. To learn more about how version numbers are assigned to SS3, please see the SS3 versioning description.
  3. Latest version of SSI (i.e., Stock Synthesis Interface or the Stock Synthesis GUI). SSI is a useful tool for modifying Stock Synthesis input files and running SS3 models. SSI will no longer be maintained for versions after v.3.30.21.
  4. SS3 User Examples
  5. Documentation: Stock Synthesis user manuals (pdf) . Also available is an html version of the manual. Older versions of the manual are available on VLAB.
  6. The helper Spreadsheets are now deprecated. Please reference the user manual or the SS3 helper shiny app instead.
  7. Training: This folder contains materials from past workshops or courses.
  8. The 3.30 change log
  9. Release Notes on VLAB (available as forum posts) and on GitHub (as a PDF with executable releases starting with 3.30.19) are distributed upon each release of SS3, highlighting development since the last release.
  10. The Stock Synthesis source code
  11. Stock Synthesis related R packages

How do I get help?

How can I follow Stock Synthesis development?

Those with GitHub accounts can follow the Stock Synthesis repository (preferred).

Those who are affiliated with a government agency, university, or organization involved with assessment work and are active users of SS3 can become registered members of the SS3 Community. Please send a request to nmfs.stock.synthesis@noaa.gov including your organizational affiliation and a general description of how you have used or plan to use SS3 in your work. The main advantages of registering are 1) notifications upon new releases of SS3 and 2) ability to subscribe and post to the Forums. Registration is not required to download and use SS3.

 

How do I cite Stock Synthesis?

Please cite Stock Synthesis itself as:

Methot, R.D. and Wetzel, C.R. (2013). Stock Synthesis: A biological and statistical framework for fish stock assessment and fishery management. Fisheries Research, 142: 86-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.10.012

Please cite the Stock Synthesis Manual as:

Methot, R. D., Jr., C. R. Wetzel, I. G. Taylor, and K. Doering. 2020. Stock Synthesis User Manual Version 3.30.15. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Processed Report NMFS-NWFSC-PR-2020-05. https://doi.org/10.25923/5wpn-qt71

SS3 Team Members:

Name

Role

Richard Methot

Lead Developer

Ian Taylor

r4ss

Chantel Wetzel

Documentation

Kelli Johnson

Simulation Testing, ss3sim

Elizabeth Gugliotti

Stock Synthesis Project Support