Improving science advice for fisheries management with Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profiles

Описание: Date: March 7, 2024

Series: National Stock Assessment Science Seminars

Title: Improving science advice for fisheries management with Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profiles

Presenter: Abigail Tyrell, Research Fish Biologist, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service

Introductions by: Dr. Bai Li, Research Associate at NOAA Fisheries' Office of Science & Technology

Sponsor: NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

Abstract: Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profiles (ESPs) allow ecosystem and socioeconomic information to be assessed on a single stock scale, addressing a key gap in the fisheries science dichotomy of ecosystem reports and single species stock assessments. After being developed in Alaska in 2017, interest in ESPs quickly grew in other regions, with the first Northeast region ESP being published in 2022. Now that ESPs have been recognized as a national initiative, we assess where we came from, where we’re going, and how we can leverage cross-regional collaborations to produce better science in less time.

Keywords: Open data science, next-generation stock assessment, ecosystem-based fisheries management

Bio: Abigail (Abby) Tyrell is a Research Fish Biologist in the Ecosystem Dynamics and Assessment Branch at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, MA. Her work broadly focuses on improving ecosystem science for fisheries management by leveraging data science and automation.