Stock Assessment Results (STAR) is a new framework to organize GFCM stock assessment results.
It streamlines and automates the information flow from stock assessments to scientific advice, strengthens quality assurance and data dissemination.
The central part of the framework will be the STAR database, scheduled to launch in 2021. It will serve as a foundation to provide a variety of quality-controlled data products related to the management of fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
An R package gfcmSTAR is used by STAR administrators to manage the template-to-database import pipeline and quality control.
Version 2.1.3
09 Dec 2022
Minor changes introduced in version 2.1.3:
Metadata sheet
- Revised Reference Points for "F or E target", now allowing for the values: Fe40, Fb40, Fb35, Fspr40, F/M.
TimeSeries sheet
- Time series table extended by 3 new columns (Fishing_lower2, Fishing2, Fishing_upper2) .
- Added the dropdown field "Fishing Exploitation Indicator 2", accepting the values F/Fgt and E/E40.
Main new features introduced in version 2:
- New input fields - Countries, Assessment Type, and Reporting Year
- Automatic calculations of B0.33, B0.66, and Stock Status text
- Advice output is now more closely aligned with the final Table of Advice
See NEWS.md for a full list of user-visible changes.
Guidelines for users are provided in four places:
- Overview of the STAR framework and wider context in the launch event presentation
- Usage comments within the Excel STAR template sheets
- Sheet highlighting the logic behind the Excel formulas
- Changes between versions are listed in the NEWS.md file
Note on version numbering
The Excel STAR template has a three-part version number: major.minor.patch. These are incremented based on the following rules:
- MAJOR version when database structure needs to be changed
- MINOR version when R import function needs to be changed
- PATCH version when changes are backwards compatible