Mark Maunder

Working for the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission Mark is responsible for the stock assessment of yellowfin and skipjack tuna. He has also been responsible for the stock assessment of bigeye tuna and involved in the assessment of dolphins, albatross, albacore, bluefin, swordfish and striped marlin.

Mark is one of the three founding members of the AD Model Builder Foundation, which was the driving fource for the public release of AD Model Builder.

In collaboration with George Watters, Mark developed the A-SCALA stock assessment model that was used to assess tunas in the EPO for ten years by the IATTC. Mark also collaborates with Simon Hoyle on a project funded by PFRP to develop and apply modeling methodology for protected species. This project has involved modeling of the northeastern offshore spotted dolphin stock in the EPO and a Hawaiian black footed albatross population. Mark has taught a course in ecological modeling at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and short courses on stock assessment, AD Model Builder, and ecological modeling. Marks main research interests are in the development of methods for fisheries stock assessment and ecological modeling.

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Mark's October workshop series on stock assessment methodology