Ecosystem Information Review and Strategy Development for More Resilient Fisheries

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# Ecosystem Information Review and Strategy Development for More Resilient Fisheries
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## SAFMC Project Oversight Team 1 December 2025 
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### Sarah Gaichas, Hydra Scientific LLC
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# Project Update:  Objective 1

*Review the different types of ecosystem data and information including data products and decision-support tools (e.g. Ecosystem Status Reports, Climate Vulnerability Assessments, risk assessments) currently available to the regional management councils and evaluate how they are used in council management processes*

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**Literature search:** *>97% complete*

* Council documents (policy guidance documents, FMPs/FEPs)
* Data products (Ecosystem Status Reports, Climate Vulnerability Assessments)
* Peer-reviewed literature

All 8 Councils, including SAFMC, plus selected others

Draft report 31 October, [update available online](https://sgaichas.github.io/SAFMCindicators/AllCouncilDataReview.html)

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**Semi-structured interviews:** *in progress*

* Key Council staff (2-4 per region)
* Interview Template:
    * Review/validate data products and uses of record from lit review
    * What other uses are not recorded?
    * Successes and challenges with current information and processes?
    * What might be done differently to better meet Council objectives?

35 Contacted, 7 Completed, 4 Scheduled
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## Draft Report Overview

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## Council Context Comparison

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0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4d400b5d{width:0.7in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4d400b5e{width:0.9in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4d400b66{width:1.5in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 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transparent;padding-top:3pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;line-height: 1;background-color:transparent;">Comparison of Council management context attributes.</caption><thead><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><th class="cl-4d400b52">Council</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">EEZ Area (sq km)</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">Percent of U.S. EEZ</th><th class="cl-4d400b54">Number of States or Territories</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">Number of FMPs</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">Number of FEPs</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">Percent of 2023 U.S. Commercial Landings</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">Percent of 2023 U.S. Recreational Landings</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">Percent of 2023 U.S. Commercial Revenue</th><th class="cl-4d400b53">Percent of 2022 U.S. Recreational Expenditures</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b5c">New England</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">55,947</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1.63</td><td class="cl-4d400b5e">5</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">9</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">0</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">4.89</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">10.14</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">26.38</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">4.35</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b5c">Mid-Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">53,307</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1.55</td><td class="cl-4d400b5e">7</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">7</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">6.33</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">24.90</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">8.20</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">17.15</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b5c">South Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">143,768</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">4.18</td><td class="cl-4d400b5e">4</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">8</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1.15</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">24.56</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">3.36</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">26.10</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b5c">Gulf</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">182,752</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">5.32</td><td class="cl-4d400b5e">5</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">7</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">14.89</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">26.81</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">15.52</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">38.03</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b5c">Caribbean</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">57,651</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1.68</td><td class="cl-4d400b5e">3</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">3</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">0</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">0.04</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">0.36</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">-</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">-</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b5c">Pacific</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">231,748</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">6.74</td><td class="cl-4d400b5e">3</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">4</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">10.20</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">2.90</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">12.54</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">6.02</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b5c">North Pacific</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">1,026,771</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">29.86</td><td class="cl-4d400b5e">1</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">6</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">2</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">62.12</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">-</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">31.48</td><td class="cl-4d400b5d">5.11</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4d400b66">Western Pacific</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">1,686,328</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">49.05</td><td class="cl-4d400b68">11</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">0</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">5</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">0.39</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">10.33</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">2.51</td><td class="cl-4d400b67">3.24</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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## Ecosystem Status Report (ESR) Comparison

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transparent;padding-top:3pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;line-height: 1;background-color:transparent;">Comparison of most recent Ecosystem Status Reports (ESRs) across Council regions.</caption><thead><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><th class="cl-4da27d6e">Council</th><th class="cl-4da27d6f">Region</th><th class="cl-4da27d78">Year</th><th class="cl-4da27d79">Frequency</th><th class="cl-4da27d78">Total pages</th><th class="cl-4da27d78">Number of Sections</th><th class="cl-4da27d78">Number of Indicators</th><th class="cl-4da27d7a">First Section</th><th class="cl-4da27d7a">Last Section</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">CFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">Caribbean</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2025</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">First</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">66</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">8</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">30</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Food production</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Risks to meeting fishery management objectives</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">GFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">Gulf</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2017</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Intermittent</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">56</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">7</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">29</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Climate Drivers</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Human Dimensions</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">MAFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">Mid-Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2025</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Annual</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">52</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">11</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">82</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Seafood Production</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">2024 Highlights</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">NEFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">New England</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2025</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Annual</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">64</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">11</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">82</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Seafood Production</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">2024 Highlights</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">NPFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">Aleutian Islands</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2024</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Annual</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">123</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">12</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">48</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Biophysical</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Sustainability</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">NPFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">Eastern Bering Sea</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2024</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Annual</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">268</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">18</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">101</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Physical Environment</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Sustainability</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">NPFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">Gulf of Alaska</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2024</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Annual</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">266</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">19</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">63</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Physical Environment - Climate</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Citizen Science</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">PFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">California Current</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2025</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Annual</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">178</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">11</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">34</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Climate and Ocean Drivers</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Fishing Activities</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d7b">SAFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d7c">South Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">2021</td><td class="cl-4da27d83">Intermittent</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">144</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">7</td><td class="cl-4da27d82">46</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Climate Drivers</td><td class="cl-4da27d84">Human Dimensions</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4da27d85">WPFMC</td><td class="cl-4da27d8c">Hawaii</td><td class="cl-4da27d8d">2022</td><td class="cl-4da27d8e">Intermittent</td><td class="cl-4da27d8d">91</td><td class="cl-4da27d8d">6</td><td class="cl-4da27d8d">26</td><td class="cl-4da27d8f">Human Connections</td><td class="cl-4da27d8f">Vulnerability of Coral Reefs to Climate Change</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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## Climate Vulnerability Analysis (CVA) Comparison

<div class="tabwid"><style>.cl-4dadfbf8{}.cl-4daae882{font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);background-color:transparent;}.cl-4dabff92{margin:0;text-align:left;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);padding-bottom:5pt;padding-top:5pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5pt;line-height: 1;background-color:transparent;}.cl-4dabff9c{margin:0;text-align:right;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);padding-bottom:5pt;padding-top:5pt;padding-left:5pt;padding-right:5pt;line-height: 1;background-color:transparent;}.cl-4dac0a50{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4dac0a51{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4dac0a5a{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4dac0a5b{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4dac0a5c{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4dac0a64{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}</style><table data-quarto-disable-processing='true' class='cl-4dadfbf8'><caption style="display:table-caption;margin:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom: 0.00pt solid transparent;border-top: 0.00pt solid transparent;border-left: 0.00pt solid transparent;border-right: 0.00pt solid transparent;padding-top:3pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;line-height: 1;background-color:transparent;">Comparison of Climate Vulnerability Analyses (CVAs) available to each Council, with publication year.</caption><thead><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><th class="cl-4dac0a50">CouncilName</th><th class="cl-4dac0a51">FishInvertCVA</th><th class="cl-4dac0a51">HabitatCVA</th><th class="cl-4dac0a51">CommunityCVA</th><th class="cl-4dac0a51">HMSCVA</th><th class="cl-4dac0a51">MammalCVA</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5a">New England</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2016</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2022</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2016</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2025</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5a">Mid-Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2016</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2022</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2016</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2025</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5a">South Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2022</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2025</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5a">Gulf</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2022</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2025</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5a">Caribbean</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2025</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5a">Pacific</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2023</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2022</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5a">North Pacific</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">2019</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a5b">-</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4dac0a5c">Western Pacific</td><td class="cl-4dac0a64">2022</td><td class="cl-4dac0a64">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a64">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a64">-</td><td class="cl-4dac0a64">-</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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## Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Comparison

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rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4db885ab{width:0.75in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4db885b4{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4db885b5{width:0.75in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4db885b6{width:1in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}.cl-4db885be{width:0.75in;background-color:transparent;vertical-align: middle;border-bottom: 1.5pt solid rgba(102, 102, 102, 1.00);border-top: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-left: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);border-right: 0 solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00);margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;}</style><table data-quarto-disable-processing='true' class='cl-4dba194c'><caption style="display:table-caption;margin:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom: 0.00pt solid transparent;border-top: 0.00pt solid transparent;border-left: 0.00pt solid transparent;border-right: 0.00pt solid transparent;padding-top:3pt;padding-bottom:3pt;padding-left:3pt;padding-right:3pt;line-height: 1;background-color:transparent;">Comparison of Council FEPs with FEP components suggested by EPAP 1999. 1 = Included.</caption><thead><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><th class="cl-4db885aa">Council</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Ecosystem Description</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Food Web Conceptual Model</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Food Web Essential Fish Habitat</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Total Removals Objectives</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Uncertainty</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Ecosystem Health Objectives</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Monitoring</th><th class="cl-4db885ab">Other Ocean Uses Considered</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b4">New England*</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5"></td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b4">Mid-Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5"></td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b4">South Atlantic</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5"></td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b4">Gulf</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5"></td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b4">Caribbean</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5"></td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b4">Pacific</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5"></td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b4">North Pacific</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5"></td><td class="cl-4db885b5">-</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td><td class="cl-4db885b5">1</td></tr><tr style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><td class="cl-4db885b6">Western Pacific</td><td class="cl-4db885be">1</td><td class="cl-4db885be">-</td><td class="cl-4db885be">1</td><td class="cl-4db885be">-</td><td class="cl-4db885be"></td><td class="cl-4db885be">1</td><td class="cl-4db885be">1</td><td class="cl-4db885be">1</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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## Details for each Council

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Each section includes an overview of:  
*  FMPs and species in each
*  FEPs or similar documents
*  ESRs available with indicators by section
*  Stock-specific ecosystem profiles or ESPs
*  CVAs in the region
*  Other Council documents or tools:
    +  Fishery Performance Reports
    +  Habitat assessments
    +  Risk assessments
    +  Conceptual models
    +  Ecosystem models
*  Council processes using the information
*  Regional resources available

*Example process images from Councils:*  &rarr;  
*Adjust catch advice directly or through risk policy* 
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## Beyond Catch Advice

Indicator-based EAFM risk assessment

*Species level risk elements*
<table class="risktable table" style="font-size: 8px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> Species </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> Assess </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> Fstatus </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> Bstatus </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> PreyA </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> PredP </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> FW2Prey </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> Climate </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> DistShift </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> EstHabitat </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> OffHab </th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
<tbody>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Ocean Quahog </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Surfclam </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Summer flounder </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Scup </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Black sea bass </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Atl. mackerel </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Chub mackerel </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Butterfish </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Longfin squid </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Shortfin squid </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Golden tilefish </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Blueline tilefish </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Bluefish </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Spiny dogfish </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Monkfish </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Unmanaged forage </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Deepsea corals </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> na </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> tbd </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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]

*Ecosystem level risk elements*
<table class="risktable table" style="font-size: 9px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> System </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> EcoProd </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> CommVal </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> RecVal </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> FishRes1 </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> FishRes2 </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> ComDiv </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> RecDiv </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> Social </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> ComFood </th>
 <th style="text-align:left;"> RecFood </th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
<tbody>
 <tr>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> Mid-Atlantic </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> lowmod </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> highest </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;"> modhigh </td>
 </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
.contrib[
] 
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.pull-right[
## How has MAFMC used the risk assessment?

* Risk based prioritization: the Council selected summer flounder for [conceptual modeling](https://nefsc.github.io/READ-SSB-DePiper_Summer_Flounder_Conceptual_Models/sfconsmod_riskfactors_subplots.html)

* Council completed management strategy evaluation (MSE) addressing [recreational fishery discards](https://www.mafmc.org/actions/summer-flounder-mse) based on conceptual modeling

* Stakeholder driven MSE coupled population and recreational demand models

![](https://github.com/NOAA-EDAB/presentations/raw/master/docs/EDAB_images/keepOneNoOFkey.png)

* Results: potential improvement in angler welfare with low risk to stock status, multispecies recreational demand model sets specifications
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## Initial Synthesis: Three General Approaches

1. FMP/Indicator-Based (NPFMC, PFMC, MAFMC, NEFMC) 
  - Species-based Fishery Management Plans with ecosystem overlays 
  - Annual ecosystem indicators inform catch specification decisions 
  - Risk tables and uncertainty frameworks integrate ecosystem considerations 
  - Non-regulatory Fishery Ecosystem Plans (FEPs) provide actionable pathways

2. FEP/Geography-Based (WPFMC, CFMC) 
  - Island or place-based ecosystem plans serve as operational management documents 
  - Co-developed with stakeholders reflecting distinct regional conditions 
  - Emphasis on human community connections and data-limited fisheries 
  - Ecosystem considerations embedded in management structure

3. Developing Approaches (SAFMC, GFMC) 
  - Species-based FMPs with expanding ecosystem integration 
  - SAFMC uniquely links Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) with ecosystem efforts 
  - Gulf developing Fishery Ecosystem Issues (FEIs) as action-oriented framework 
  - Both regions have recent ecosystem reports and climate vulnerability assessments

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## Initial Synthesis:  SAFMC Unique Strengths

*  Habitat-Ecosystem Integration: Explicitly links EFH policies with ecosystem approaches through comprehensive policy statements  
*  Citizen Science: Proactive incorporation of participatory data collection 
*  Recent Assessments: Current fish CVA (2023) and fishing community CVA (2022) provide ready-to-use information
*  Existing Tools: ESR, Food web model, Conceptual models

**Suggestions**
*  SAFMC shares a mix of reef-type or west coast rockfish complex-like data limited species with some high value data rich stocks, so a mix of approaches from other regional Councils may be warranted, rather than adopting a single Council’s approach.

*  SAFMC has identified many ecosystem indicators and objectives in its EFH policy documents and also has a process to consider environmental information in ABC setting for multiple species; evaluation of indicators currently in the South Atlantic ESR and results of the fish and community CVAs are likely to reveal matched information as a basis for moving forward.

*  An explicit process for developing specific ecosystem initiatives, as applied through FEPs or similar policy documents in other regions (Gulf, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific, North Pacific) may allow SAFMC to explore practical ecosystem-based management for a particular fishery or issue.

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# Workplan: Objective 2

*Identify opportunities and methods for incorporating identified ecosystem information into SAFMC management processes, including inter-jurisdictional management decision- making processes, and identify practical requirements for successful implementation (e.g. data quality, frequency of information updates, regional council process consistency, implementation timelines)*

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**Initial focus on catch specification**

* Climate vulnerability consideration in current SAFMC risk policy?
* Utility of an ecosystem profile approach?
* Risk table approaches used/piloted in other regions?

**Alignment of EFH/FEP policies and indicators**

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**Broaden to other processes using a review of 3-5 years of Council actions**

* Classify management decisions by data needs and process timelines
* Develop a prioritized list of processes linked to ecosystem information
* Recommend practical pathways for implementation

**Feedback requested: priority management actions?**

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# Workplan: Objective 3

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*Identify opportunities to continue to expand cooperative, constituent-engaged data collection and research to improve the available ecosystem information in the South Atlantic region (e.g., study fleets, cooperative research, citizen science).*

**Review existing SAFMC Citizen Science efforts**

Prioritize potential cooperative data collections based on the analysis of SAFMC management processes most likely to benefit from ecosystem information noted under the previous objective, and outline opportunities for expansion to collect this priority data

https://safmc.net/citizen-science/dolphin-wahoo-participatory-workshops/

.footnote[
https://safmc-shinyapps.shinyapps.io/NCVA_DolphinWorkshops2020/  
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![South Atlantic physical system](https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-12/1687x1451-SEFSC-US-South-Atlantic-Marine-Ecosystem.jpg)

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# Deliverables and Schedule

**Project duration ~1 year, with regular Project Oversight Team updates**

*  **31 October 2025:** Interim Report on all Councils data products and approaches to Project Oversight Team for feedback and revision

*  **31 January 2026:** Draft Report on all Councils data products and approaches to Council and Presentation at Ecosystem Data Gaps Workshop

*  **30 April 2026:** Draft Report on Pathways for Integrating Ecosystem Information and Prototype Ocean Indicators to SSC and Council Committees for feedback and revision

*  **31 July 2026:** Final Report and summary for South Atlantic Bite to Council

*  **September 2026:** Present all project results at Council meeting

.footnote[
Slides available at https://sgaichas.github.io/HSpresentations 
Contact: <sgaichas@hydrascientificllc.com>
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