NC1189: Understanding the Ecological and Social Constraints to Achieving Sustainable Fisheries Resource Policy and Management
Annual/Termination Reports (SAES-422): [12/01/2011] [11/13/2012]
Date of Annual Report: 12/01/2011
Report Information:
Participants:
- Taylor, Bill (taylorw@msu.edu) - Michigan State University (Committee Chair)
- Buhler, Douglas (buhler@anr.msu.edu) - Michigan State University, AES (Administrative Advisor)
- Biedron, Ingrid (ib49@cornell.edu) - Cornell University
- Harrell, Reginal (rharrell@umd.edu) - University of Maryland
- Knuth, Barbara (bak3@cornell.edu) - Cornell University
- Pegg, Mark (mpegg2@unl.edu) - University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- Simon, Carrie (cns44@cornell.edu) - Cornell University
- Sullivan, Mazeika (sullivan.191@osu.edu) - Ohio State University
- Vondracek, Bruce (bvondrac@umn.edu) - University of Minnesota
- Wahl, Dave (d-wahl@uiuc.edu) - University of Illinois
- Wuellner, Melissa (melissa.wuellner@sdstate.edu) - South Dakota State University
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Zuccarino-Crowe, Chiara (zuccari3@msu.edu) - Michigan State University
ADDITIONAL COLLABORATORS UNABLE TO ATTEND: - Bailey, Conner - Auburn University (Alabama)
- Bertrand, Katie - South Dakota State University
- DeVries, Dennis - Auburn University (Alabama)
- Ferreri, Paola - Penn State University
- Gido, Keith - Kansas State University
- Graeb, Brian - South Dakota State University
- Hayward, Rob - University of Missouri - Columbia
- Kraft, Clifford - Cornell University
- Nelson, Stacy - North Carolina State University
- Perry, Jim - University of Minnesota
- Willis, David - South Dakota State University
Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
Please note: This annual report is actually covering the FY11 activities of the NCDC218 project since the NC1189 project was not yet officially in place at the time of the meeting.NC1189 officially began on October 1, 2011, but the meeting was held on September 7, 2011 during the FY pertaining to the development project, NCDC218.
URL: Copy of minutes
Accomplishments:
The proposed project developed as part of NCDC218 was approved as a formal multi-state AES project (NC1189).OUTPUTS:
Publications pertaining to project objectives:
Taylor, W. W., A. J. Lynch, M. G. Schechter, eds. 2011. Sustainable Fisheries: Multi-Level Approaches to a Global Problem. AFS Press: Bethesda, MD. 377 pp.
Lynch, A. J., C. M. Zuccarino-Crowe, W. W. Taylor, E. A. Puchala. 2011. Sustainable Fisheries: An Overview Addressing a Global Problem. Pages XIII-XXIV in W.W. Taylor, A. J. Lynch, M. G. Schechter, eds. Sustainable Fisheries: Multi-Level Approaches to a Global Problem. AFS Press: Bethesda, MD.
Lynch, A. J., W. W. Taylor, and K. D. Smith. 2010. The Influence of Changing Climate on the Ecology and Management of Selected Great Lakes Fisheries. Journal of Fish Biology. 77: 1964-1982.
Taylor, W. W., A. J. Lynch, and M. G. Schechter. 2010. Unsustainable Global Fisheries Need a Unified Call for a UN Conference. Fisheries. 35: 84-85.
ACTIVITIES:
Due to planning work of the Committee, a successful and productive meeting was held during the American Fisheries Society (AFS) Annual Meeting on September 7th, 2011 in Seattle, WA.
The discussion held during this meeting allowed the group to address how to best guide the future progress of this project, now that it had been approved. Major discussion points included: how to refine the project scope to be more cohesive and focused; project reporting and committee logistics; and planning for future activities.
This meeting also resulted in the development of plans to organize a symposium at the 2012 AFS Annual Meeting. This symposium will be led by a group of collaborators from the project research team, and it focus on subject areas that pertain to the NC1189 project objectives. We will hold the next annual meeting to occur after this symposium, so it will also therefore help facilitate further refinement of the project's future focus.
Grants awarded:
Title: Governance and Social Capacity for Sustainable Fisheries in Great Lakes and Marine Coastal Areas; PI: Barbara Knuth; Duration: 5 years, beginning in October 2011; Granting Institution: Cornell University's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Title: Designing a decision support system for harvest management of Great Lakes Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in a changing climate; PIs: Lynch, A. J. and W. W. Taylor; Duration: 1 year, beginning in July 2011; Granting Institution: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Support for graduate students: Several graduate students are also conducting research of interest to project objectives at participating institutions.
Impact Statements:
- (Please see "Grants awarded" in above Accomplishments>Activities section)
Date of Annual Report: 11/13/2012
Report Information:
Participants:
- (Please see meeting minutes for a list of meeting attendees.)
Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
URL: Copy of minutes
Accomplishments:
Outcomes are pending. Some examples of key activities and progress are highlighted below.OUTPUTS: Project research activities have resulted in the production of graduate student and postdoctoral fellows positions, undergraduate research internships, scientific presentations, and publications in peer reviewed journals and books.
Large amounts of quatitative and qualitative observations and data have been collected and collated for projects related to New York and Great Lakes community's capacity for Ecosystem Based Management (sub-project 6) and the management of lake whitefish in the Great Lakes under different climate change scenarious (sub-project 7). Statistical models have also been generated to help predict variations in lake whitefish production in different management units of Michigan's Great Lakes waters.
ACTIVITIES:
A major accomplishment of this group was the successful organization and completion of a day-long research symposium at the 2012 American Fisheries Society meeting prior to the NC1189 research team annual meeting. An overview of the symposium is included in the appendix of the attached meeting minutes. Highlights include: The development of a collaboration on symposium planning with a group of scientists studying VHS in the Great Lakes (a virus threatening local fish health) and resulted in various discussions regarding the future of associated management actions in the region.
Additionally, the NC1189 project has garnered the interest of scientists from other regions and universities who subsequently attended our recent annual research team meeting this past August. Specifically, individuals from the Northeast AES region are now potential collaborators on the project, and some have already become official participants.
One NC1189 project collaborator, Dr. Connor Bailey, has also been engaged with wetlands restoration in Louisiana. He recently completed two years of work with the Special Engineering and Science Team working for the National Wildlife Federation, the National Audubon Society, and the Environmental Defense Fund on issues of wetlands restoration in Louisiana. This outcome is related to the focus on fisheries habitat in the NC1189 project's first objective.
Dr. Bailey also served as co-PI on a project funded by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium ( A Unified Approach for Analyzing Socioeconomic Impacts from Meteorological, Technological, and Economic Shocks in Coastal Alabama and Mississippi ), a project combining sociologists, economists and biologists. $250,000, 2011-2013. This project has fisheries-related applications, and is linked to NC1189 Objectives 3 and 4.
MILESTONES:
*Sub-project 4 (INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC INFLUENCES ON FISH GROWTH RATES: A CASE EXAMPLE USING YELLOW PERCH) continues to work towards their first milestone - Identify and request participation from potential partners, and identify potential funding sources. While it did not result in an award, a recent pre-proposal was submitted to NSF's Division of Biology (Population and Community Ecology): Wuellner, M., B. Graeb, and K. Bertrand. Prevalence and Persistence of Stunted Populations and the Effects of Directional Selection.
*Sub-project 6 (COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT IN NEW YORK'S GREAT LAKES AND MARINE COASTAL AREAS) has continued to make progress toward its first several milestones. This work is evidenced by the numerous presentations given by graduate students in the past year, such as:
Biedron, Ingrid. Presentation Title: Social Influences on Adoption of Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management In Marine Systems: Potential Relevance for Great Lakes Fisheries. AFS Annual meeting; St. Paul, MN. August 20-23, 2012.
Biedron, I. Fishery Management Councils: Decision-making, Communication, and Social Factors Associated with Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management. New England Fishery Management Council Meeting; Newport, RI. November 17, 2011; Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting; Williamsburg, VA. December 15, 2011.
Simon, Carrie. Interpretation and Adoption of Ecosystem-Based Management by State Agencies and Organizations in New York State. AFS Annual meeting; St. Paul, MN. August 20-23, 2012.
Simon, Carrie. Institutional dimensions of Ecosystem-based Management Among New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council Agencies. Oikos Young Scholars Organizations Academy 2012.
*Sub-project 7 (PRODUCTION DYNAMICS, GOVERNANCE, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF FISHERIES RESOURCES) has successfully achieved its first milestone (to assess the status of fisheries and climate change research in the Great Lakes), and is making progress on the remaining milestones, including achievement of manuscript preparation.
Impact Statements:
- In terms of impacts, the Pracheil et al. paper (listed in the "publications" section of the report) proposes a much more broad perspective on management of highly mobile, riverine species that would provide oversight at the basin level rather than at individual state levels. The state harvest and/or conservation status is not currently a cohesive approach. This could provide a substantial paradigm shift for management of large river species if adopted.