Management strategy analysis for multispecies fisheries, including technical interactions and human behavior in modelling management decisions and fishing

A multispecies fishery management strategy evaluation (MSE) framework based on the example of the groundfish fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region of Alaska was used to examine the interplay between a bycatch species and three groundfish species. The study introduces a framework for a realistic multispecies fishery MSE by accounting for fleet dynamics, multispecies fishery quota allocation, and the temporal dynamics of technical interactions. The quota allocation and the fleet dynamics models were implemented using linear programming, and regression approaches were used to make a realistic projection of future users’ behavioral response to changes in the fishery. The models were calibrated and then validated using historical and out-of-sample data, respectively. The results highlight the importance of accounting for technical interactions and their interannual dynamics for both quota allocation and fleet dynamics to design a realistic multispecies fishery MSE (without them, the amount of lost yield increased). Therefore, particular attention should be paid to understanding human behavior as well as its uncertainty and to refining approaches to incorporate this information into a multispecies fishery management strategy analysis.

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Integrating management strategy evaluation into fisheries management: advancing best practices for stakeholder inclusion based on an MSE for Northeast US Atlantic herring,

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/cjfas-2018-0125 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 76 (7) ◽

pp. 1103-1111 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

R.G. Feeney ◽

D.V. Boelke ◽

J.J. Deroba ◽

S. Gaichas ◽

B.J. Irwin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

New England ◽

Fisheries Management ◽

Management Strategy ◽

Fishery Management ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Clupea Harengus ◽

Atlantic Herring ◽

Management Strategy Evaluation ◽

Strategy Evaluation

The New England Fishery Management Council used management strategy evaluation (MSE) to evaluate possible harvest control rules for Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), the first MSE in the US and perhaps globally to use open-invitation, public workshops for input. Stakeholder inclusion can increase both realism and likelihood of use by managers, but inclusivity is not achieved easily. Here, self-selected participants had diverse backgrounds and differing levels of interest and preparedness. We describe some challenges with directly engaging the public in MSE and offer broader insights for obtaining effective public participation during a decision-making process. Conducting an open MSE aligns well with publicly driven management but requires clear goals and communication. Investment in effective organizers, impartial facilitators, and knowledgeable analysts can improve communication and understanding of MSE to the betterment of fisheries management. We aim to further MSE best practices on integrating stakeholders and hope that our lessons learned on communication, engagement, and integration of MSE into an existing management arena will be useful to other practitioners.

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When does hypoxia affect management performance of a fishery? A management strategy evaluation of Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) fisheries in Hood Canal, Washington, USA

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/cjfas-2016-0269 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 74 (6) ◽

pp. 922-932 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Halley E. Froehlich ◽

Timothy E. Essington ◽

P. Sean McDonald

Keyword(s):

Management Strategy ◽

Fishery Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Puget Sound ◽

Ecosystem Approach ◽

Dungeness Crab ◽

Management Strategy Evaluation ◽

Hood Canal ◽

Strategy Evaluation ◽

Alternative Scenarios

Management strategies for fisheries typically do not account for environmental stressors, such as hypoxia (dissolved oxygen < 2 mg·L−1). Hypoxia can lead to shoaling of organisms into normoxic habitats, enhancing catchability, which could reduce the performance of fishery management strategies. Here, we conducted a management strategy evaluation of Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) fisheries in Hood Canal, Washington, a seasonally hypoxic fjord in Puget Sound. Specifically, we asked whether the current management strategy was robust to hypoxia-induced catchability changes under alternative scenarios of illegal take, incidental capture mortality, and reproductive limitation. We find that the management strategy performed well to changes in catchability when illegal and incidental fishing mortality was low and fishing did not lead to reproductive limitation. However, the performance eroded markedly (reduced long-term catch and (or) population and higher catch variation) under the alternative scenarios. These findings underscore the benefit of applying an ecosystem approach to fisheries management because it identifies potential risks to management strategies in systems subject to environmental change.

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Applying tree analysis to assess combinations of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management actions in Management Strategy Evaluation

Fisheries Research ◽

10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105466 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 225 ◽

pp. 105466

Author(s):

Amanda R. Hart ◽

Gavin Fay

Keyword(s):

Fisheries Management ◽

Management Strategy ◽

Tree Analysis ◽

Management Strategy Evaluation ◽

Management Actions ◽

Strategy Evaluation ◽

Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

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Considerations for management strategy evaluation for small pelagic fishes

Fish and Fisheries ◽

10.1111/faf.12579 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Margaret C. Siple ◽

Laura E. Koehn ◽

Kelli F. Johnson ◽

André E. Punt ◽

T. Mariella Canales ◽

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Keyword(s):

Management Strategy ◽

Management Strategy Evaluation ◽

Pelagic Fishes ◽

Strategy Evaluation

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Assembly rules for aggregate-species production models: simulations in support of management strategy evaluation

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps09650 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 459 ◽

pp. 275-292 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

S Gaichas ◽

R Gamble ◽

M Fogarty ◽

H Benoît ◽

T Essington ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Management Strategy ◽

Assembly Rules ◽

Management Strategy Evaluation ◽

Production Models ◽

Strategy Evaluation ◽

Species Production

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Bio-economic management strategy evaluation of deepwater stocks using the FLBEIA model

Aquatic Living Resources ◽

10.1051/alr/2013069 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 365-379 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Dorleta Garcia ◽

Agurtzane Urtizberea ◽

Guzman Diez ◽

Juan Gil ◽

Paul Marchal

Keyword(s):

Management Strategy ◽

Economic Management ◽

Management Strategy Evaluation ◽

Strategy Evaluation

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Using management strategy evaluation to establish indicators of changing fisheries

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/cjfas-2018-0223 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 76 (9) ◽

pp. 1653-1668 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

T.R. Carruthers ◽

A.R. Hordyk

Keyword(s):

Management Strategy ◽

Statistical Power ◽

Stock Assessment ◽

Model Misspecification ◽

Management Approach ◽

Data Types ◽

Quality Of Data ◽

Management Strategy Evaluation ◽

Strategy Evaluation ◽

Management Procedures

A new indicator is described that uses multivariate posterior predictive data arising from management strategy evaluation (MSE) to detect operating model misspecification (exceptional circumstances) due to changing system dynamics. The statistical power of the indicator was calculated for five case studies for which fishery stock assessments have estimated changes in recruitment, natural mortality rate, growth, fishing efficiency, and size selectivity. The importance of the component data types that inform the indicator was also calculated. The indicator was tested for multiple types of management procedures (e.g., catch limits by stock assessment, size limits, spatial closures) given varying qualities of data. The statistical power of the indicator could be high even over short time periods and depended on the type of system change and quality of data. Statistical power depended strongly on the type of management approach, suggesting that indicators should be established that rigorously account for feedbacks between proposed management and observed data. MSE processes should use alternative operating models to evaluate protocols for exceptional circumstances to ensure they are of acceptable statistical power.

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