Norah Eddy, Laura Johnson, Dan Ovando, Steve Gaines, Taylor Debevec, Jonathan Sim, Katie Westfall

Wakefield Fisheries SymposiumMay 14, 2015

Redesigning Galápagos Lobster Fishery Management Through DLAs and Stakeholder Engagement

Spiny Red LobsterBackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Decline in Lobster Landings

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Create a tool to help the GNP evaluate the health of the fishery and design a management plan that is science-based and resource efficient.

Current Management

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BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Potential for Data-Limited Assessment

MOTIVATION

OBJECTIVE

Create a tool to help the GNP evaluate the health of the fishery and design a management plan that is science-based and resource efficient.

•  Cost effective•  Easy to use•  Efficient data collection•  Annual evaluation

Data Limited Assessment

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building Timeline

Phase 1: GROUNDWORK•  June 2011 - April 2013

Phase 2: IMPLEMENTATION•  April 2013 – December 2014

Phase 3: REEVALUATION & CONTINUED SUPPORT•  January 2015 - Present

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building: Phase 1

GROUNDWORK

•  Relationship with Conservation International & Stakeholders

•  Proposal suggestions

•  3 Trips to Galápagos

•  Collection of existing data

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building: Phase 2

IMPLEMENTATION

•  Team of 5 scientists to Galápagos for 7 weeks

•  Stakeholder engagement

•  Compilation of new & existing data

•  Tool design

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

LBSPR

LBAR

Catch Curve

Applied Various

Databases

Ran in R and Excel

Methods: Data Poor Assessments

Compared Fishery

Indicators(F/M, F, SPR)

•  Reliability•  Biases•  Inputs•  Cost •  Output  

Catch Curve

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BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Results: Data Limited Assessment Outputs

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BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building: Phase 2

IMPLEMENTATION

•  Training workshop with stakeholders

•  Control rule development for management

•  Sampling protocol designed for management objectives

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building: Phase 2BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building: Phase 2

IMPLEMENTATION

•  Training workshop with stakeholders

•  Control rule development for management

•  Sampling protocol designed for management objectives

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Control RuleBackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Control RuleBackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building: Phase 2

IMPLEMENTATION

•  Training workshop with stakeholders

•  Control rule development for management

•  Sampling protocol designed for management objectives

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Sampling Protocol

Better Data Collection

•  Standardization

•  Randomization

•  Sample size•  2000 lobsters per island

•  Better bookkeeping•  Export, ‘gifts’, sold locally

•  Zero tolerance – 26 cm minimum

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Capacity Building: Phase 3

REEVALUATION & CONTINUED SUPPORT

•  Political turnover

•  Retraining of new staff

•  Additional workshop (Summer 2015)

•  Analysis of sampling protocol success & failures

•  Potential application to other fisheries

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Conclusions

ASSESSMENT TOOL•  Historical insights•  Future trends

CAPACITY BUILDING•  Start basic•  Time & stakeholder engagement

SAMPLING PROTOCOL•  Quality over quantity

BackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions

Dr. Steven GainesDan Ovando

Conservation International

Gonzalo Banda-CruzMariana Vera

Jerson MorenoJorge Ramirez

Scott HendersonCesar ViteriElena FariasReyna Oleas

Charles Darwin Foundation

Dr. Pelayo Salinas de León

Isabel HaroDaniel Orellana

Galápagos National ParkHarry Reyes

Eduardo EspinozaRenato HerreraJules Paredes

Nory AngoPablo Mejia

Jared Samantha Vara

SFGDr. Jono WilsonSarah Valencia

Dr. Leonel Romero

Diego IglesiasDarcy Bradley

Dr. Sara AndersonDr. Chris Costello

Dr. Matt KayDr. Mauricio Castréjon

Dr. Martín VelascoDr. Michael Orbach

Dr. Michael HendersonDr. Janet KayfetzRodrigo Jacome

Cesar ReveloMichaela ClemenceBren Class of 2014Friends and Family

Thank YouBackgroundFrameworkImplementationReevaluationConclusions