SEFSC/SERO

U.S. Caribbean Fishery Independent Survey Workshop

Caribbean Fishery Management Council Meeting St. Croix USVI April 22-23, 2014

Internal MARFIN awarded FY2013

• Title: U.S. Caribbean Fishery-Independent Survey Workshop: to evaluate extant and novel fishery-independent surveys in the U.S. Caribbean in order to maximize their utility for stock assessment.

• Co-PIs: Shannon L. Cass-Calay, William S. Arnold, Jennifer Schull, Meaghan D. Bryan • Tentative Date and Location: • Miami, FL • September 10-12, 2014 or Sept. 16-18, 2014 U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 2

Specific Objectives:

• • • • Evaluate the design, data collection methods, etc. of available FI surveys.

Explore the utility of surveys with respect to stock assessments.

Make near-term and long-term recommendations on how to improve data collection methods to enhance utility for stock assessment.

Conduct a cost/benefit analysis to identify “action items”.

U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 3

Scope of Work

• • Focus on U.S. Caribbean All available FI surveys, including historic surveys. For example: • Diver-based visual surveys • • • • • • SEAMAP Caribbean survey St. Croix Trap Study Trap studies ROV surveys Camera surveys Deep-diver surveys U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 4

Agenda

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DAY 1:

• Morning Session- Modeling and data considerations • Overview of available models and data requirements • Discussion of current practices • Afternoon Session- Description of survey designs • • Selection of sampling locations (e.g. Stratification) Sampling Intensity • • • • Temporal-spatial coverage of sampling effort Frequency of occurrence of relevant species Data Collected (e.g., number species, length, sex) Training and Equipment Needs U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 5

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DAY 2:

• Morning Session: Description of survey designs (cont.) • Afternoon Session: Integration and Enhancement • Strengths/Weaknesses with respect to assessing the status of fisheries in the U.S. Caribbean • Gap Analysis (for example) • Insufficient temporal/spatial coverage • • • Deep-water fisheries Diver-shy species Cryptic species U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 6

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DAY 3:

• Morning Session: Integration and Enhancement (cont.) • • Description of additional sampling required to enhance utility for Stock Assessment Predicted benefits • Afternoon Session: Workshop Summary and Recommendations • Recommendations • Action Items U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 7

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Participation

We would like additional participation from USVI and Puerto Rico

• • • • Miguel Rolon Graciela Garcia-Moliner Richard Appeldoorn Richard Nemeth Jim Berkson John Christensen Shannon Cass-Calay Bill Arnold • • • • • • • • • Todd Gedamke Meaghan Bryan Kevin McCarthy Jennifer Schull Nancie Cummings Mandy Karnauskas Graciela Garcia-Moliner Ron Hill Andy Strelcheck Jim Berkson Jerry Ault Steve Smith Randy Clark • • • • • • • • • Jim Bohnsack Steve Turner David Gloekner Joseph Serafy David Die Todd Kellison Benjamin Ruttenberg Nick Farmer Clay Porch U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 8