This repository supports the development, co-authoring, and version tracking for the !Insert Common Name! marine mammal stock assessment report(s) authored at the NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Marine Mammal Laboratory.
This repository is organized into directories that each represent a single stock assessment report for the species. In some cases, there will be only a single stock and, in other cases, there might be multiple stocks/directories.
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The primary author(s) responsible for maintaining this repository are:
Official versions of all marine mammal stock assessement reports by region are found at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/marine-mammal-stock-assessment-reports-region.
The information and documents provided within this repository are not the official published stock assessment reports. This repository is (currently) only available internal to NMFS and is done so within the spirit of improved transparency, reproducibility, and the main principles of open science.
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