Welcome to the

NOAA Fisheries Toolbox

Version 3.0

The NOAA Fisheries Toolbox (NFT) is a suite of biological modeling software programs that can be used in fisheries stock assessments.

Currently Available Models

Estimation of Stock Size and Mortality		Version		Date Updated
A Stock Production Model Incorporating Covariates	(ASPIC)	Version	5.16	9/14/2007
Age Structured Assessment Program Model	(ASAP)	Version	2.0.17	5/12/2008
Assessment Method from Alaska	(AMAK)	Version	1.07.1	6/2005
Collie-Sissenwine Analysis	(CSA)	Version	3.10	7/2007
Dual Zone Virtual Population Analysis	(VPA-2BOX)	Version	3.05	7/2004
Statistical Catch at Age Model	(STATCAM)	Version	1.3.1	10/3/2006
Statistical Catch at Length Model	(SCALE)	Version	1.0.3	12/11/2007
Stock Synthesis 2	(SS2)	Version	2.00n	12/17/2007
Virtual Population Analysis	(VPA)	Version	2.8.0	5/23/2008
Management Scenario Projections
Age Structured Projection Model	(AGEPRO)	Version	3.1.3	1/12/2006
Biological Reference Points
Age Based Yield Per Recruit	(YPR)	Version	2.7.2	4/10/2008
An Index Method	(AIM)	Version	2.0.2	6/16/2008
Length Based Yield Per Recruit	(YPRLEN)	Version	1.3	4/18/2007
Stock Recruitment Fitting Model	(SRFIT)	Version	6.3	2/15/2008
Model Performance Evaluation
Population Simulator	(POPSIM)	Version	4.14	6/2/2008
Visual Report Designer	(VisRpt)	Version	1.6.1	4/2/2008

If you wish to receive notice of future versions please email us at: NFToolbox.support@noaa.gov

Notes

This suite of programs supersedes the former toolboxes FACT (Fisheries Assessment and Computation Toolbox) and WHAT (Woods Hole Assessment Toolbox).

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NOAA Fisheries Toolbox Version 3.0