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East Coast Forum
Catch Accounting and Monitoring
May 11-12, 2011 • Beaufort, NC
The purpose of the 2011 East Coast Forum was to explore the topics of data collection and monitoring in commercial, for-hire, and recreational fisheries to support the implementation of annual catch limits and accountability measures.
Forum Objectives
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Identify outcomes and goals of catch accounting, as pathways for providing guidance to the state and federal agencies, regional partners and service providers involved in the design, analysis and/or implementation of catch accounting programs
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Explore the broader context of catch accounting, including the costs associated with scientific and management uncertainty, the benefits of improved accountability, and the importance of accurate and credible fishery dependent data
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Gain exposure to catch accounting challenges, solutions and funding strategies in a range of fisheries
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Evaluate priorities for data timeliness, resolution and other characteristics relative to catch accounting goals, and understand how goals and data collection priorities can inform the development of a catch accounting strategy
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Understand the range of catch accounting strategies, the information each strategy can yield, the ways data sources can be combined, and the characteristics, constraints or challenges of a fishery that make each strategy appropriate
Forum Resources (Days 1 and 2)
Setting the stage
Setting the stage for catch accounting: Guiding principles for monitoring programs
Robert Trumble, Vice President, MRAG Americas
Skills training session
Fundamentals of survey sampling
Cynthia Jones, Director, Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology, Old Dominion University
Catch accounting goals, outcomes, and tradeoffs
Catch accounting goals and tradeoffs in commercial fisheries
Martin Loefflad, Director, Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Recreational catch data collection: Summary of current methods and attributes of data and tradeoffs of improvements
Gordon Colvin, Program Manager, Marine Recreational Information Program, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology
Catch accounting methods and design considerations
Catch accounting methods and design considerations for commercial fisheries
Shawn Stebbins, President and CEO, Archipelago Marine Research
Designing a recreational angling survey
Cynthia Jones, Director, Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology, Old Dominion University
Catch accounting methods and design considerations for for-hire fisheries
Beverly Sauls, Associate Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Combining catch accounting strategies for cost effectiveness and data quality
Catch accounting using integrated monitoring and an audit approach
Shawn Stebbins, President and CEO, Archipelago Marine Research
The MRIP for-hire electronic reporting pilot study in the Gulf of Mexico
Beverly Sauls, Associate Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Considerations in the use of angler registries as survey sample frames
Gordon Colvin, Program Manager, Marine Recreational Information Program, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology
Financing tools and cost optimization strategies for data collection and monitoring
Funding fisheries data collection and monitoring: Legal limits and latitude
Meghan Jeans, Program Director, Fisheries Forum
Redesigning Alaska’s observer program
Martin Loefflad, Director, Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Making data collection and monitoring financeable
Monica Jain, Executive Director, Manta Consulting, Inc.
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