ACFM comments on stock assessment working group reports

This paper provides some comments on assessment working group reports considered by ACFM at its November 1989 and May 1990 meetings. Thus, reports from Working Group meetings which have taken place after May 1990 are not commented upon since they have not yet been discussed by ACFM. The purpose of this paper 1s to outline some main problems encountered in the stock assessments. More detailed comments of technical nature are given in the minutes of ACFM meetings.