Richard Methot
NOAA Senior Scientist For Stock Assessments
Sammamish, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Methot is NOAA Fisheries' Senior Scientist for Stock Assessments with over four decades of experience translating statistical population models into actionable management advice. He developed and champions the Stock Synthesis modeling system—now applied to more than 60 stocks globally—bringing a practical blend of technical innovation, policy guidance, and stakeholder outreach. Based in Sammamish, Washington, he leads efforts to incorporate environmental and ecosystem factors into assessments and to improve science-based guidelines for fisheries management. Unusually for a career federal scientist, he combines deep academic training (PhD in Biological Oceanography) with sustained, hands-on software and modeling development that has materially shaped international stock assessment practice.
12 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree in Fisheries, Bachelor's degree in Fisheries at University of WashingtonUniversity of California San Diego
Github Skills (25)
stock10
python10
synthesis10
finance10
latex10
r-package9
state-space8
r7
electrical-engineering7
testing5
numerical4
root-finding3
shiny2
gradient-descent2
autodiff2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nmfs-ost/ss3-source-code
Dec 2013 - Jan 2023
The source code for Stock Synthesis (SS3).
Contributions:130 reviews, 869 commits, 220 PRs in 9 years 2 months
stock-marketpythonsynthesisstock-synthesisfisheries
nmfs-ost/ss3-flowcharts
Dec 2020 - Dec 2023
Flowcharts for the tpl code
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 3 comments in 3 years
flowchartstpl
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