2017 Forum

Managing Fisheries in a Changing Environment

May 1-2, 2017 • Monterey, CA

Final AgendaFinal Summary

Briefing materials and additional resources

The purpose of the 2017 Forum was to explore the challenges of managing fisheries in a changing environment, including steps managers are currently taking or considering to respond to change, and opportunities to prepare and respond to change in the longer term.

Forum objectives

  • Share regional experiences and concerns related to changing fisheries and ocean conditions, and explore the management and governance challenges related to changing resource productivity and distribution

  • Examine regional approaches to ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM), and EBFM as a strategy for supporting ecosystem resilience in the face of change

  • Learn about emerging capabilities to anticipate potential challenges to fish stocks and ecosystems, and consider the opportunities, challenges, and processes involved in planning for change in the near and long term

  • Explore the range of pathways for integrating climate-related information into the decision-making process and identify opportunities for supporting effective communication between scientists and managers

  • Reflect on the institutional and operational challenges of making decisions under conditions of uncertainty and change

  • Share perspectives on the tools, skills, capabilities, and information councils need in order to manage fisheries effectively in a changing environment, and the role of goals and objectives in framing management decisions

Day 1: Managing fisheries IN a changing environment

Changes to fishery availability

Mid-Atlantic summer flounder

Mike Luisi, Maryland Department of Natural Resources; Chair, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Presentation

Atlantic coast blueline tilefish

Chip Collier, Fishery Biologist, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Brandon Muffley, Fishery Management Specialist, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Presentation (combined)

Pacific Dungeness Crab

Michele Culver, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife; Pacific Fishery Management Council

Presentation

Changes to resource productivity

California Current context

Steven Bograd, Oceanographer, NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Presentation

Pacific sablefish example

Michele Culver, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife; Pacific Fishery Management Council

Presentation (single slide)

Day 2: Managing fisheries FOR a changing environment

NOAA Fisheries initiatives

Advancing climate-ready fisheries management

Roger Griffis, Climate Coordinator, NOAA Fisheries

PresentationVideo

Regional ecosystem-based fisheries management frameworks

Pacific Coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan

Rich Lincoln, Pacific Fishery Management Council

PresentationVideo

Ecosystem approach to fisheries management in a changing environment

Warren Elliott, Vice Chair, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

PresentationVideo

Developing a Bering Sea FEP

Diana Evans, Fishery Analyst, North Pacific Fishery Management Council

PresentationVideo

Ecosystem status reports and indicators

Ecosystem considerations reports for Alaska’s groundfish management

Stephani Zador, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center

PresentationVideo (webinar)

Emerging trends, trials, and triumphs in the California Current ecosystem status report

Elliott Hazen, NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center

PresentationVideo

Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem Report

Sarah Gaichas, NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center

PresentationVideo

Emerging tools and capabilities for understanding and anticipating change

What’s at risk? Assessing vulnerability of fish stocks in a changing climate

Roger Griffis, Climate Coordinator, NOAA Fisheries

PresentationVideo

The Alaska Integrated Climate Change Modeling Project: Identifying impacts and management solutions for Eastern Bering Sea fisheries

Kirstin Holsman, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center

PresentationVideo

Predicting geographic range shifts of marine species and understanding sources of uncertainty

Jim Morley, Postdoctoral Researcher, Rutgers University

PresentationVideo