Building next-generation diagnostic and forecasting capacity to achieve management objectives by increasing stock assessment accuracy and throughput
Implementing Organization
Vaughan Analytics
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$1,151,562
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Funding Program
The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 4: NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Environmental Research
Targeted Resources
Fish/Fish Habitats
Project Description
Management decisions about overfishing limits and acceptable biological catch estimates must be made for all harvested species subject to a fisheries management plan and are typically informed by stock assessments that model fishery dynamics and forecast stock trends. These complex stock assessments depend on many diverse data sources which limit model interpretability, and require extensive development effort, which limits the rate of assessment throughput. The project team will address these existing limitations and uncertainties in the stock assessment process by developing novel model diagnostics and interim assessment methods. These new methods, along with associated implementation tools, will be incorporated into active stock assessments to reduce the error, uncertainty, and throughput delays associated with overfishing limits and acceptable biological catch estimates.
Contact
Nathan VaughanNone
nathan@vaughananalytics.org
Project Website
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, NOAA Southeast Regional Office
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