Review of positive caveats for ecosystem perspectives

[dtdougherty]

For the question "Is there a desire or legislative/policy mandate to understand the fishery status from an ecosystem (or multispecies) perspective, rather than from a single species perspective, within the harvest/management strategy?" if users answer yes, then there are positive green caveats around some assessment methods.

These green caveats need a review, as to which methods actually help provide information on an ecosystem perspective. We may also want to include the multiple indicator methods, since these can directly incorporate different ecosystem indicators.

Also, it would be nice to easily flag or highlight these in the software as part of the process.

[bsnouffer]

Green caveats triggered by this question:

• This method is applicable in the context of understanding the fishery status from an ecosystem or multispecies perspective.
  • Ecological Risk Assessment for the Effects of Fishing (ERAEF)
  • Comprehensive assessment of risk to ecosystems (CARE)
  • Productivity and Susceptibility Analysis (PSA) to estimate risk of overfishing
  • Analysis of changes in species-composition
• This method is applicable in the context of understanding the fishery status from an ecosystem or multispecies perspective (for coral reef fisheries only).
  • Ecosystem threshold analysis
• This method is applicable in the context of understanding the fishery status from an ecosystem or multispecies perspective, particularly in conjunction with data collection of species composition ratios or change in dominant species
  • Analysis of changes in the spatial distribution of fishing effort
  • Analysis of changes in the spatial distribution of catch
  • Analysis of changes in gear type or manner of deployment
• This method is applicable in the context of understanding the fishery status from an ecosystem or multispecies perspective, particularly in conjunction with data collection regarding changes in gears or targeted species.
  • Analysis of size relative to size at maturity
• Helpful for systematic prioritization of stocks that require additional review/assessment
  • CUSUM Control Charts
• Helpful in conjunction with data collection of species composition, distribution, or length of capture
  • Traffic lights
• Helpful for comparing species within a multispecies fishery, performance of different fleets on the same species complex, or fishing on the same species complex between fishing communities.
  • RAPFISH
• This method is applicable in the context of understanding the fishery status from an ecosystem or multispecies perspective.
  • Sustainability Assessment for Fishing Effects (SAFE)

[shcaba]

This list looks good to me.