The objectives of MGWG are to improve existing assessment models and develop new ones, organize a collection of datasets, test the performance of new and existing models, and work on assessment-related techniques.
MGWG's work is aligned in projects that are oriented to fit in the format of multi-authored journal papers. The group identifies topics that are of general relevance and high impact in stock assessment methods research. Project management is organized on the MGWG GitHub site, where the research activities of the group can be followed.