IOTC 2020 Skipjack Stock Assessment - Invited Expert report

Overall. The assessment author should be commended on the work put into this assessment. Despite the need for a video meeting and the possible necessity to abbreviate some aspects of the assessment process, the author and team covered a great amount of breadth and detail. The work and presentations were very complete and identified some of the major uncertainties in the assessment model and data. The overall process of the assessment was seemingly very transparent and comments from the attendees were welcomed and addressed. The assessment document itself was complete and extensive. While I cannot make the determination, I assume that the assessment addressed every comment or issue brought up at the data preparatory meeting.