# Configuration saved: Tue Apr  7 15:30:51 2026
#
# Where a matrix is specified rows corresponds to fleets and columns to ages.
# Same number indicates same parameter used
# Numbers (integers) starts from zero and must be consecutive
# Negative numbers indicate that the parameter is not included in the model
#
$minAge
# The minimium age class in the assessment
 3 

$maxAge
# The maximum age class in the assessment
 12 

$maxAgePlusGroup
# Is last age group considered a plus group for each fleet (1 yes, or 0 no).
 1 

$keyLogFsta
# Coupling of the fishing mortality states processes for each age (normally only 
# the first row (= fleet) is used). 
# Sequential numbers indicate that the fishing mortality is estimated individually 
# for those ages; if the same number is used for two or more ages, F is bound for 
# those ages (assumed to be the same). Binding fully selected ages will result in a 
# flat selection pattern for those ages.                                        
   0   1   2   3   4   5   5   5   5   5
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1

$corFlag
# Correlation of fishing mortality across ages (0 independent, 1 compound symmetry, 
# 2 AR(1), 3 separable AR(1). 
# 0: independent means there is no correlation between F across age 
# 1: compound symmetry means that all ages are equally correlated; 
# 2: AR(1) first order autoregressive - similar ages are more highly correlated than 
# ages that are further apart, so similar ages have similar F patterns over time. 
# if the estimated correlation is high, then the F pattern over time for each age 
# varies in a similar way. E.g if almost one, then they are parallel (like a 
# separable model) and if almost zero then they are independent. 
# 3: Separable AR - Included for historic reasons . . .  more later
 2 

$keyLogFpar
# Coupling of the survey catchability parameters (nomally first row is 
# not used, as that is covered by fishing mortality).                                        
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
   0   1   2   3   3  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
   4   5   6   7   7  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1

$keyQpow
# Density dependent catchability power parameters (if any).                                        
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1

$keyVarF
# Coupling of process variance parameters for log(F)-process (Fishing mortality 
# normally applies to the first (fishing) fleet; therefore only first row is used)                                        
   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1

$keyVarLogN
# Coupling of the recruitment and survival process variance parameters for the 
# log(N)-process at the different ages. It is advisable to have at least the first age 
# class (recruitment) separate, because recruitment is a different process than 
# survival.
 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

$keyVarObs
# Coupling of the variance parameters for the observations. 
# First row refers to the coupling of the variance parameters for the catch data 
# observations by age 
# Second and further rows refers to coupling of the variance parameters for the 
# index data observations by age                                        
   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  0
   1   1   1   1   1  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
  2   2   2   2   2  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1

$obsCorStruct
# Covariance structure for each fleet ("ID" independent, "AR" AR(1), or "US" for unstructured). | Possible values are: "ID" "AR" "US"
 "ID" "ID" "AR" 

$keyCorObs
# Coupling of correlation parameters can only be specified if the AR(1) structure is chosen above.
# NA's indicate where correlation parameters can be specified (-1 where they cannot).
#3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12                                    
  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA
  NA  NA  NA  NA  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1
  0  0  0  0  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1

$stockRecruitmentModelCode
# Stock recruitment code (0 for plain random walk, 1 for Ricker, 2 for Beverton-Holt, 3 piece-wise constant, 61 for segmented regression/hockey stick, 62 for AR(1), 63 for bent hyperbola / smooth hockey stick, 64 for power function with degree < 1, 65 for power function with degree > 1, 66 for Shepher, 67 for Deriso, 68 for Saila-Lorda, 69 for sigmoidal Beverton-Holt, 90 for CMP spline, 91 for more flexible spline, and 92 for most flexible spline).
 2 

$noScaledYears
# Number of years where catch scaling is applied.
 0 

$keyScaledYears
# A vector of the years where catch scaling is applied.
  

$keyParScaledYA
# A matrix specifying the couplings of scale parameters (nrow = no scaled years, ncols = no ages).

$fbarRange
# lowest and higest age included in Fbar
 4 7 

$keyBiomassTreat
# To be defined only if a biomass survey is used (0 SSB index, 1 catch index, 2 FSB index, 3 total catch, 4 total landings, 5 TSB index,  6 TSN index, and 10 Fbar idx).
 -1 -1 -1 

$obsLikelihoodFlag
# Option for observational likelihood | Possible values are: "LN" "ALN"
 "LN" "LN" "LN" 

$fixVarToWeight
# If weight attribute is supplied for observations this option sets the treatment (0 relative weight, 1 fix variance to weight). Can be specified fleetwise.
 0  

$predVarObsLink
# Coupling of parameters used in a prediction-variance link for observations.                                        
  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA
  -1  -1  -1  -1  -1  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA
