NRC, UMASS Amherst ATLANTIC HERRING PDT NEFMC Atlantic Herring Oversight Committee Meeting December 20, 2010 in Portsmouth, NH Jamie M. Cournane, Ph.D. University of New Hampshire and Environmental Defense Fund Steven J. Correia Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Outline Alewife Blueback herring Background Purpose and Goal Conceptual Framework Spatial Management Design Considerations Example Design Committee Feedback Images from: http://mapping2.orr.noaa.gov/portal/delaware/lifehistory.html http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/clupeidae/alewife.html 2
Study Area: Eastern US Continental Shelf 3
Background: Past PDT White Papers on the River Herring Hotspot Analysis July 2010 August 2010 4
Purpose and Goal Purpose The PDT has been encouraged to streamline the river herring hotspot analysis. Goal To design spatial management alternatives to address river herring bycatch in the Atlantic herring fishery that are ecologically based, simple to understand, and enforceable. The options should also link directly to the management measures under consideration in Amendment 5. 5
Conceptual Framework Management Goal Spatial Management Alternative Management Option Monitoring 1. River Herring Monitoring Areas A.100% monitoring B. Closed Area I provisions Avoidance 2. River Herring Avoidance Areas A. Move-along rule B. SFC project/fw adjustment Protection 3. River Herring Protected Areas A. Closed areas 6
Spatial Management Design Considerations Base on the river herring hotspot analysis Fishery hotspots (Stage 1) should be the focus. Survey hotspots (Stage 2) should also be considered. Design the size and the shape to reflect management goals The size of river herring monitoring or avoidance areas might be greater than a river herring protected areas. Contiguous areas might be preferred to several disconnected discrete areas to achieve monitoring or avoidance goals. 7
Example Design: Possible spatial management options using the river herring hotspot analysis Spatial Management Option Stage 1 Hotspots Stage 2 Hotspots Figures River Herring Monitoring Areas > 40 lbs YES 1-6 River Herring Avoidance Areas > 40 lbs NO 7-12 River Herring Protected Areas > 1233 lbs NO 13-16 8
Example Design: Possible spatial management options using the river herring hotspot analysis Spatial Management Option Stage 1 Hotspots Stage 2 Hotspots Figures River Herring Monitoring Areas > 40 lbs YES 1-6 River Herring Avoidance Areas > 40 lbs NO 7-12 River Herring Protected Areas > 1233 lbs NO 13-16 9
Example Design: River Herring Monitoring Areas January - February Stage 2/Survey Hotspots Statistical Areas 10
Example Design: River Herring Monitoring Areas March - April Stage 2/Survey Hotspots Statistical Areas 11
Example Design: River Herring Monitoring Areas May- June Stage 2/Survey Hotspots Statistical Areas 12
Example Design: River Herring Monitoring Areas July - August Stage 2/Survey Hotspots Statistical Areas 13
Example Design: River Herring Monitoring Areas September - October Stage 2/Survey Hotspots Statistical Areas 14
Example Design: River Herring Monitoring Areas November - December Stage 2/Survey Hotspots Statistical Areas 15
Example Design: Possible spatial management options using the river herring hotspot analysis Spatial Management Option Stage 1 Hotspots Stage 2 Hotspots Figures River Herring Monitoring Areas > 40 lbs YES 1-6 River Herring Avoidance Areas > 40 lbs NO 7-12 River Herring Protected Areas > 1233 lbs NO 13-16 16
Example Design: River Herring Avoidance Areas January - February 17
Example Design: River Herring Avoidance Areas March - April 18
Example Design: River Herring Avoidance Areas May - June 19
Example Design: River Herring Avoidance Areas July - August 20
Example Design: River Herring Avoidance Areas September - October 21
Example Design: River Herring Avoidance Areas November - December 22
Example Design: Possible spatial management options using the river herring hotspot analysis Spatial Management Option Stage 1 Hotspots Stage 2 Hotspots Figures River Herring Monitoring Areas > 40 lbs YES 1-6 River Herring Avoidance Areas > 40 lbs NO 7-12 River Herring Protected Areas > 1233 lbs NO 13-16 23
Example Design: River Herring Protected Areas January - February 24
Example Design: River Herring Protected Areas March - April 25
Example Design: River Herring Protected Areas September - October 26
Example Design: River Herring Protected Areas November - December 27
Comparison: River Herring Protected Areas January - February March - April 28
Comparison: River Herring Protected Areas September - October November - December 29
Thank you. Committee Feedback? 30