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The following table describes all elements contained within input_list$pars, which are generated using the SPoRC::Setup_x functions. Note that when n_sexes > 1, the first dimension will always be females and the second dimension will always be males.

Fishery Removals

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_sigmaC n_regions, n_years, n_fish_fleets Standard deviation for catch likelihood 0.01
ln_sigmaC_agg n_years, n_fish_fleets Standard deviation for region-aggregated catch likelihood 0.01
ln_sigmaF n_regions, n_fish_fleets Standard deviation for fishing mortality process error 0
ln_sigmaF_agg n_fish_fleets Standard deviation for region-aggregated fishing mortality process error 0
ln_F_mean n_regions, n_fish_fleets Log-scale mean fishing mortality rate 0.1
ln_F_devs n_regions, n_years, n_fish_fleets Log-scale annual fishing mortality deviations (can be specified as random effects) 0
ln_F_mean_AggCatch n_fish_fleets Log-scale mean fishing mortality for region-aggregated catch 0.1
ln_F_devs_AggCatch n_Catch_Type_years, n_fish_fleets Log-scale fishing mortality deviations for region-aggregated catch (can be specified as random effects) 0

Fishery Selectivity

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_fish_fixed_sel_pars n_regions, max_fish_pars, max_fishsel_blks, n_sexes, n_fish_fleets Log-scale selectivity curve parameters 0
fishsel_pe_pars n_regions, 4, n_sexes, n_fish_fleets Process error parameters for time-varying selectivity 0
ln_fishsel_devs n_regions, n_years + n_proj_yrs_devs, n_bins, n_sexes, n_fish_fleets Log-scale selectivity deviations w/ projection years (n_bins = n_ages or n_lens depending on selectivity type) (can be specified as random effects) 0

Fishery Catchability

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_fish_q n_regions, max_fishq_blks, n_fish_fleets Log-scale fishery catchability coefficient 0

Fishery Composition Likelihoods

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_FishAge_theta n_regions, n_fish_fleets, n_sexes Log-scale overdispersion parameter for fishery age compositions 0
ln_FishAge_theta_agg n_fish_fleets Log-scale overdispersion for region-aggregated fishery age compositions 0
FishAge_corr_pars n_regions, n_sexes, n_fish_fleets, 2 Correlation parameters for logistic-normal fishery age composition likelihood 0.01
FishAge_corr_pars_agg n_fish_fleets Correlation parameters for region-aggregated logistic-normal fishery age compositions 0.01
ln_FishLen_theta n_regions, n_fish_fleets, n_sexes Log-scale overdispersion parameter for fishery length compositions 0
ln_FishLen_theta_agg n_fish_fleets Log-scale overdispersion for region-aggregated fishery length compositions 0
FishLen_corr_pars n_regions, n_sexes, n_fish_fleets, 2 Correlation parameters for logistic-normal fishery length composition likelihood. The first parameter represents bin correlations, while the second parameter represents sex correlations (if specified) 0.01
FishLen_corr_pars_agg n_fish_fleets Correlation parameters for region- and sex-aggregated logistic-normal fishery length compositions. The correlation represents bin correlations. 0.01

Survey Selectivity

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_srv_fixed_sel_pars n_regions, max_srv_pars, max_srv_blks, n_sexes, n_srv_fleets Log-scale selectivity curve parameters 0
srvsel_pe_pars n_regions, 4, n_sexes, n_srv_fleets Process error parameters for time-varying selectivity 0
ln_srvsel_devs n_regions, n_years + n_proj_yrs_devs, n_bins, n_sexes, n_srv_fleets Log-scale selectivity deviations w/ projection years (n_bins = n_ages or n_lens depending on selectivity type) (can be specified as random effects) 0

Survey Catchability

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_srv_q n_regions, max_srvq_blks, n_srv_fleets Log-scale survey catchability coefficient 0
srv_q_coeff n_regions, n_srv_fleets, n_covariates Regression coefficients for covariate-based survey catchability 0

Survey Composition Likelihoods

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_SrvAge_theta n_regions, n_srv_fleets, n_sexes Log-scale overdispersion parameter for survey age compositions 0
ln_SrvAge_theta_agg n_srv_fleets Log-scale overdispersion for region-aggregated survey age compositions 0
SrvAge_corr_pars n_regions, n_sexes, n_srv_fleets, 2 Correlation parameters for logistic-normal survey age composition likelihood 0.01
SrvAge_corr_pars_agg n_srv_fleets Correlation parameters for region-aggregated logistic-normal survey age compositions 0.01
ln_SrvLen_theta n_regions, n_srv_fleets, n_sexes Log-scale overdispersion parameter for survey length compositions 0
ln_SrvLen_theta_agg n_srv_fleets Log-scale overdispersion for region-aggregated survey length compositions 0
SrvLen_corr_pars n_regions, n_sexes, n_srv_fleets, 2 Correlation parameters for logistic-normal survey length composition likelihood. The first parameter represents bin correlations, while the second parameter represents sex correlations (if specified) 0.01
SrvLen_corr_pars_agg n_srv_fleets Correlation parameters for region- and sex-aggregated logistic-normal survey length compositions. The correlation represents bin correlations. 0.01

Natural Mortality

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_M n_regions_block, n_years_block, n_ages_block, n_sexes_block Log-scale natural mortality rate (dimensioned by user-defined blocks) 0.5

Recruitment

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_global_R0 1 Log-scale unfished/mean recruitment 15
Rec_prop n_regions - 1 Regional recruitment proportions (simplex parameterization) 0
steepness_h n_regions Steepness of stock-recruitment relationship (bounded logit scale) 0
ln_sigmaR 2 Log-scale standard deviations for initial age deviations and recruitment deviations 0
ln_InitDevs n_regions, n_ages - 2 Log-scale initial age structure deviations (can be specified as random effects) 0
ln_RecDevs n_regions, n_recdev_years + n_proj_yrs_devs Log-scale annual recruitment deviations w/ projection years (can be specified as random effects) 0
sexratio_pars n_regions, n_blocks Logit-scale sex ratio parameters (defaults to 50:50 when n_sexes = 1) 0

Movement

Parameter Dimension Description Default
move_pars n_regions, n_regions - 1, n_years, n_ages, n_sexes Logit-scale movement probabilities 0
logit_move_devs n_regions, n_regions - 1, n_years + n_proj_yrs_devs, n_ages, n_sexes Logit-scale movement deviations w/ projection years (can be specified as random effects) 0
move_pe_pars n_regions, n_ages, n_sexes Process error parameters for movement 0

Tagging

Parameter Dimension Description Default
ln_Init_Tag_Mort 1 Log-scale initial tagging mortality rate 1e-50
ln_Tag_Shed 1 Log-scale chronic tag shedding rate 1e-50
Tag_Reporting_Pars n_regions, n_blocks Logit-scale tag reporting rates 0
ln_tag_theta 1 Log-scale overdispersion parameter for tag recapture likelihood 0