Exploring Tools for Improving Management of Data-Poor Stocks

Caribbean Fishery Management Council
February 23-24, 2011 • San Juan, PR

Final AgendaFinal Summary

The purpose of this workshop was to provide decision-makers in the U.S. Caribbean with an opportunity to explore the tools available for managing data-poor stocks.

Workshop Objectives

  • Provide a common educational foundation for participants on the role of data in fisheries science, managing uncertainty, and complying with federal fishery management laws
  • Illustrate the struggles and successes in other data-poor fisheries by highlighting both the process and outcomes
  • Provide a common understanding of the current work and progress in improving data collection for U.S. Caribbean stocks
  • Explore alternative approaches for data collection and management of data-poor stocks and evaluate their potential application for the U.S. Caribbean
  • Encourage discussion of the current efforts and new approaches for improving the data collection and management of data-poor stocks, culminating in the identification of discrete actions the U.S. Caribbean can take in moving forward

Workshop Resources

Data collection and uncertainty

The role of data and uncertainty in fisheries management

Luiz Barbieri, Marine Fisheries Research Program, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

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Managing uncertainty in fisheries: The law, data, science, and incentives

Rod Fujita, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund

Presentation

U.S. Caribbean fisheries and data collection

Puerto Rico’s commercial fisheries statistics program

Daniel Matos-Caraballo, Biologist, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

Presentation

Fisheries in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Jed Brown, Acting Director and Chief of Fisheries, U.S. Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife

Presentation

Commercial fisheries data collection improvements in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Bob Trumble, Vice President, MRAG America

Presentation

Developing a pilot cooperative fishery independent survey on St. Croix

Todd Gedamke, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center

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Data-poor management approaches

Data-poor solutions for assessing and managing spawning potential ratio

Jeremy Prince, Director, Biospherics; Associate Professor, Murdoch University

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Marine reserve-based management strategies for data-poor species

Jono Wilson, Doctoral Candidate, University of California Santa Barbara

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The use of monitoring data from marine reserves for fishery management: The density ratio control rule

Elizabeth Babcock, Assistant Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

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Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing

Ross Daley, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

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Managing data-poor stocks: Case studies

Harvest strategies for data-poor fisheries: Solutions from around the world

Jeremy Prince, Director, Biospherics; Associate Professor, Murdoch University

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The New England scallop fishery: A success story of cooperative research and management

Todd Gedamke, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center

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The California Nearshore Finfish Fishery

Rod Fujita, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund

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