Management Strategy Evaluation

Research Summary

Mark has been involved in several projects on management strategy evaluation (MSE). He believes that without a reasonable stock assessment model to use as an operating model for MSE, the benefits of the MSE process, outside identifying management objectives and accumulating knowledge about the system, is very limited. Therefore, Marks focus has been on developing and improving stock assessment models that could be used as operating models. Mark developed one of first multi-species MSEs, which included a protected species, though it was rather rudimentary (Maunder et al. 2000), but was involved in further improvements (Breen et al. 2003). He also worked on reviewing the state of the science in MSE (Schnute et al., 2007). He developed early methods on how to use Stock Synthesis as an operating model for MSE (Maunder, 2014), which has formed the basis for subsequent work by others.  

Relevant Papers

Carruthers, T.R., Kell, L.T., Butterworth, D.D., Maunder, M.N., Geromont, H.F., Walters, C., McAllister, M.K., Hillary, R., Levontin, P., Kitakado, T. and Davies, C.R., 2016. Performance review of simple management procedures. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil. 73(2): 64-482. https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/73/2/464/2614445

Mark N. Maunder. 2014. Management strategy evaluation (MSE) implementation in Stock Synthesis: application to Pacific bluefin tuna. IATTC Document SAC-05010b. https://www.iattc.org/GetAttachment/5a329fd8-2bbf-4969-87ae-3361b0471575/SAC-05-10b%20-%20Management%20Strategy%20Evaluation

Schnute, J.T., Maunder, M.N., and Ianelli, J.N. 2007. Designing tools to evaluate fishery management strategies: can the scientific community deliver? ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 1077–1084. https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/64/6/1077/616074

Breen, P.A.., Hilborn, R., Maunder, M.N., and Kim, S.W. 2003. Effects of alternative control rules on the conflict between a fishery and a threatened sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60: 527-541. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f03-046#.Xp4z_8hKjD4

Maunder, M.N., Starr, P.J. and Hilborn, R. 2000. A Bayesian analysis to estimate loss in squid catch due to the implementation of a sea lion Population Management Plan. Marine Mammal Science, 16(2): 413-426. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00933.x

CAPAM Workshop reports

Maunder, M.N. (compiled by) (2007). Report from the workshop on management strategies, IATTC, La Jolla, California (USA), 17-20 October 2006. 

Reports

Maunder, M.N. 2014. Management strategy evaluation (MSE) implementation in stock synthesis: Application to Pacific bluefin tuna. IATTC Stock Assessment Report 15: 100-117.

Breen, P., Kendrick, T., Starr, P.J. and Maunder, M.N. (1994) Results of the implementation of the rock lobster decision rule in 1994. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Working Group Report 94/3.