Sixth National SCS Workshop (2018)
/The Use of Management Strategy Evaluation to Inform Management Decisions Made by the Regional Fishery Management Councils
January 17-19, 2018 - San Diego, CA
The Sixth National Meeting of the Scientific Coordination Subcommittee (SCS) of the Council Coordination Committee was hosted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council on January 17-19, 2018 in San Diego, California. The theme of the Sixth National SCS was "The Use of Management Strategy Evaluation to Inform Management Decisions Made by the Regional Fishery Management Councils.”
Proceedings
Agenda and Meeting Notice
Proposed Sixth National SCS Agenda (dated January 10, 2018)
Meeting Notice (dated December 8, 2017)
Website Announcement (dated October 4, 2017)
Federal Register notice (dated December 19, 2017)
SCS6 Attendee Roster (dated January 10, 2018)
MP3 Files (Meeting Recordings)
Index of January 2018 SCS6 Meeting Recordings (Index File with "Clickable Quick Links" to each agenda item)
FTP: January 2018 SCS6 Meeting Recordings (link to the PFMC's ftp site)
Background Materials
Holland, D. S. 2010. Management Strategy Evaluation and Management Procedures: Tools for Rebuilding and Sustaining Fisheries. OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers, No. 25, OECD Publishing.
Plagányi, E.E., T. Skewes, N. Murphy, R. Pascual, and M. Fischer. 2015. Crop rotations in the sea: Increasing returns and reducing risk of collapse in sea cucumber fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
Rademeyer, R.R., É.E. Plagányi, and D. Butterworth. 2007. Tips and tricks in designing management procedures. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64:618-625.
Sainsbury, K.J., Punt, A.E., and Smith, A.D.M. 2000. Design of operational management strategies for achieving fishery ecosystem objectives. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57: 731–741.
Subtheme 1: Use of MSEs in Evaluating and Modifying Harvest Control Rules
Holland, D.S., N. Bentley, and P. Lallemand. 2005. A bioeconomic analysis of management strategies for rebuilding and maintenance of the NSS rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) stock in southern New Zealand. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 1553-1569.
Jones, M.L., M.J. Catalano, L.K. Peterson, and A.M. Berger. 2016. Stakeholder-centered development of a harvest control rule for Lake Erie walleye Sander vitreus. Pgs. 163-183 in “Management Science in Fisheries”, C.T.T. Edwards and D.J. Dankel (eds.), Routledge, Oxford and New York.
Subtheme 2: Estimating and Accommodating Uncertainty
Ianelli, J., K.K. Holsman, A.E. Punt, K. Aydin. 2016. Multi-model inference for incorporating trophic and climate uncertainty into stock assessments. Deep Sea Research II 134: 379-389.
Punt, A.E., D.S. Butterworth, C.L. de Moor, J.A.A. De Oliveira, and M. Haddon. 2016. Management strategy evaluation: best practices. Fish and Fisheries 17(2):303-334.
Subtheme 3: Adjusting Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) in Changing Environments/Non-Static Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
King, J.R., G.A. McFarlane, and A.E. Punt. 2015. Shifts in fisheries management: adapting to regime shifts. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 370:20130277.
Punt, A.E., T. A’mar, N.A. Bond, D.S. Butterworth, C.L. de Moor, J.A.A. De Oliveira, M.A. Haltuch, A.B. Hollowed, and C. Szuwalski. 2014. Fisheries management under climate and environmental uncertainty: control rules and performance simulation. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71(8): 2208–2220.
Szuwalski, C., and A.E. Punt. 2016. Fisheries management for regime-based recruitment: Lessons from a management strategy evaluation for the fishery for snow crab in the eastern Bering Sea. Pgs. 123-146 in “Management Science in Fisheries”, C.T.T. Edwards and D.J. Dankel (eds.), Routledge, Oxford and New York.
Invited Speaker Presentations
Subtheme 1: Use of MSEs in Evaluating and Modifying Harvest Control Rules
Realizing the Full Potential of MSE. Dan Holland, Northwest Fisheries Science Center (Powerpoint Presentation)
Engaging stakeholders in harvest policy development: a management strategy evaluation for Lake Erie percid fisheries. Michael L. Jones, Matthew J. Catalano, and Lisa K. Peterson; Quantitative Fisheries Center, Michigan State University (Powerpoint Presentation)
Experience from a Stakeholder-Engaged MSE Process for Walleye Fishery Management in Lake Erie. Michael L. Jones, Quantitative Fisheries Center, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI, USA
Realizing the Full Potential of MSE. Dan Holland, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Subtheme 2: Estimating and Accommodating Uncertainty
Estimating and Accommodating Uncertainty. André E. Punt, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington (Powerpoint Presentation)
Estimating and Accommodating Uncertainty in MSE: Challenges and Best Practices. André E. Punt, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-5020, USA
Subtheme 3: Adjusting Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) in Changing Environments/Non-Static Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
Adjusting Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) in changing environments / non-static Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). Éva Plagányi, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, www.csiro.au (Powerpoint Presentation)
Adjusting Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) in changing environments / non-static Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). Éva Plagányi, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Queensland BioSciences Precinct (QBP), 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Poster Abstracts
Challenges and Lessons Learned Implementing Management Strategy Evaluation. Aaron Berger, Melissa Karp, Daniel Goethel, Sean Lucey, Sarah Gaichas, John Walter, and Patrick Lynch
Testing Harvest Control Rules Within End-to-End Ecosystem Models: A Stepping Stone Toward Management Strategy Evaluation. Kaplan, I.C., Hansen, C., Morzaria-Luna, H., Girardin, R., Marshall K.N.
Pacific Whiting MSE: Testing the Robustness of Management Procedures to Environmental Variability. Co-authors: Aaron Berger, Ian Taylor, and Michelle McClure, all from NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
The Performance and Trade-offs of Alternative Harvest Control Rules to Meet Management Goals for U.S. West Coast Flatfish Stocks. Chantel Wetzel, NOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science Center; André Punt, University of Washington
Atlantic Herring Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule Management Strategy Evaluation. NEFMC Staff: Deirdre Boelke (dboelke@nefmc.org) and Dr. Rachel Feeney (rfeeney@nefmc.org); NEFSC Staff: Dr. Jonathan Deroba (jonathan.deroba@noaa.gov); Dr. Sarah Gaichas (sarah.gaichas@noaa.gov); and Dr. Min-Yang Lee (min-yang.lee@noaa.gov)
Which MSE should you do first? Prioritizing MSE investments using risk assessment under an Ecosystem Approach to Fishery Management. Sarah Gaichas, Geret DePiper: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Richard Seagraves, Andrew Loftus, Brandon Muffley, Mary Sabo: Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council
General Presentations
National SCS History & NMFS Project Overview. Richard Methot, NOAA Senior Scientist for Stock Assessments (Powerpoint Presentation)
Major National Activities at NMFS in Management Strategy Evaluations and Other SSC-Relevant Topics. Richard D. Methot Jr., NOAA Senior Scientist for Stock Assessments, Seattle, WA
Agenda Item 1.1 - Example Applications from Each Region
Caribbean Fishery Management Council: Management Strategy Evaluations, the Caribbean Experience (Powerpoint Presentation)
New England Fishery Management Council: Management Strategy Evaluation in New England (Powerpoint Presentation)
North Pacific Fishery Management Council: MSE Projects to Inform Management Decisions in the North Pacific (Powerpoint Presentation)
Pacific Fishery Management Council: West Coast Examples (Powerpoint Presentation)
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council:
MSEs in the Western Pacific Region (Powerpoint Presentation)
Priorities for Management Strategy Evaluation in the Western Pacific Region. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council SSC.
Brandon, J. R., Punt, A. E., Moreno, P. and Reeves, R. R. Toward a tier system approach for calculating limits on human-caused mortality of marine mammals. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74: 877–887.
Weijerman M, Fulton EA, Brainard RE (2016). Management Strategy Evaluation Applied to Coral Reef Ecosystems in Support of Ecosystem-Based Management. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0152577. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152577.
National Marine Fisheries Service: NMFS Projects in MSE and Other SSC-Related Topics. Richard Methot, NOAA Senior Scientist for Stock Assessments (Powerpoint Presentation)
Agenda Item 1.2 - Clarifying Objectives, Incorporating Stakeholder input, and Social/Economic Evaluation
Introduction to Session Topic and Focus Questions: 1.2 Clarifying Objectives, Incorporating Stakeholder Input, and Social/Economic Evaluation. Speir, Sharma, Harte (Powerpoint Presentation)
Agenda Item 1.3 - Role of MSEs in Informing and Advancing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
Introduction to Session Topic and Focus Questions: EBFM Definition. Galen Johnson, Michael Harte, Cameron Speir. (Powerpoint Presentation, one slide)
Agenda Item 2.3 - SSC Communication of Uncertainty and Risk in Management Decision-Making
Introduction to Session Topic and Focus Questions: 2.3 SSC Communication of Uncertainty and Risk in Management Decision-Making. Galen Johnson, Michael Harte, Owen Hamel. (Powerpoint Presentation)
Agenda Item 3.1 - Modifying HCRs and MSY to Adapt to Regime Shifts and Long-Term Drift in Stock Productivity
Introduction to Session Topic and Focus Questions: Spatial Structure/Connectivity not independent of non-stationarity. Speir, Sharma, Berger. (PowerPoint Presentation)
