Benchmark assessment of yellowfin tuna in the EPO 2020

SS3 plots, input and output files for the models in the reference set

Model	Steepness				Assumptions
Configuration name	0.7	0.8	0.9	1	Growth	Catchability of index	Index selectivity	Selectivity F19	Selectivity F18	Auxiliary data
BASE	BASE h=0.7	BASE h=0.8	BASE h=0.9	BASE h=1	Fixed	constant	constant	Asymptotic	Dome-shape (11-knot spline)
GRO	GRO h=0.7	GRO h=0.8	GRO h=0.9	GRO h=1	Estimated	constant	constant	Asymptotic		age-at-length
DS	DS h=0.7	DS h=0.8	DS h=0.9	DS h=1	Fixed	constant	constant	Dome-shape
DDQ	DDQ h=0.7	DDQ h=0.8	DDQ h=0.9	DDQ h=1	Fixed	Density-dependent	constant	Asymptotic
DDQ.GRO	DDQ.GRO h=0.7	DDQ.GRO h=0.8	DDQ.GRO h=0.9	DDQ.GRO h=1	Estimated	Density-dependent	constant	Asymptotic		age-at-length
DDQ.DS	DDQ.DS h=0.7	DDQ.DS h=0.8	DDQ.DS h=0.9	DDQ.DS h=1	Fixed	Density-dependent	constant	Dome-shape
TBM	TBM h=0.7	TBM h=0.8	TBM h=0.9	TBM h=1	Fixed	Blocks: baseline, 2001-2003.Q2	block: 1984 – 2002.Q2 2002.Q3-2007.Q3	Blocks: Asymptotic (baseline) Dome-shape (2002.Q3-2007.Q3)	Double-normal Block: Dome-shape (baseline) Dome-shape (2002.Q3-2007.Q3)
TBM.GRO	TBM.GRO h=0.7	TBM.GRO h=0.8	TBM.GRO h=0.9	TBM.GRO h=1	Estimated	Blocks: baseline, 2001-2003.Q2	block: 1984 – 2002.Q2 2002.Q3-2007.Q3			age-at-length
TBM.DS	TBM.DS h=0.7	TBM.DS h=0.8	TBM.DS h=0.9	TBM.DS h=1	Fixed	Blocks: baseline, 2001-2003.Q2	block: 1984 – 2002.Q2 2002.Q3-2007.Q3
TBE	TBE h=0.7	TBE h=0.8	TBE h=0.9	TBE h=1	Fixed	Blocks: baseline, 2001-2003.Q2	constant	Blocks: Dome-shape (1984-2014), Asymptotic (2015-2019)	Dome-shape (11-knot spline)
TBE.GRO	TBE.GRO h=0.7	TBE.GRO h=0.8	TBE.GRO h=0.9	TBE.GRO h=1	Estimated	Blocks: baseline, 2001-2003.Q2	constant			age-at-length
TBE.DS	TBE.DS h=0.7	TBE.DS h=0.8	TBE.DS h=0.9	TBE.DS h=1	Fixed	Blocks: baseline, 2001-2003.Q2	constant