ECOKNOWS WP6Progress Nov. 2011
Rainer FroeseCadiz, 23.11.2011
WP6 Objectives• Together with the Case Studies, do a literature
survey to complete data for these species. Extract and compile relevant data using FishBase.
• Process the extensive information available in ICES and FishBase such that it is freely available and ready for use in Bayesian fisheries assessment models.
• In FishBase and ICES databases, provide the possibility to store posterior probabilities, which can then be further used in future studies as priors.
WP6 PartnersParticipant number Participant short name Person-months per participant
1 UH 4
3 ICES 6
4 FIN 69
5 AUTH 18
6 CSIC 2
Total 99
WP6 Deliverables Delive rable Number
Deliverable Title Lead benefi ciary number
Estimated indicative person-months
Nature Dissemi nation level
Delivery date
D6.1Suitable databases in FishBase
4 11 O PU 9
D6.2Report on literature survey
4 11 R PU 18
D6.3Report on data analyzed
4 11 R PU 18
D6.4Software: Tool to calculate risks by life history parameters
4 23 O PU 26
D6.5New tool for web hierarchical S/R – life history parameters
4 31 O PU 32
D6.6MS on the application of the system to some case study species
4 12 R PU 34
D6.1 Suitable Databases in FishBase
Done:•Added fields for traditional measures of uncertainty: SD, SE, 95% CL•In tables for LWR, Growth, Mortality, Maturity, Fecundity, Spawning •Report submitted and acceptedhttp://fem.biosci.helsinki.fi/ecoknows/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=deliverable_6_1_report.pdf
D6.1 Suitable Databases in FishBase
Ongoing:•Discussed with Samu and others options for storing density distributions•Solution: new sub-tables which can store an unlimited number of slices of a distribution•To be tested in December, implemented if found satisfactory
D6.2-3 Literature Survey and Report
Done•FIN and AUTH did literature surveys for case study species•Report on survey submitted by AUTHhttp://fem.biosci.helsinki.fi/ecoknows/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=voulareport.doc
Ongoing•Receive missing studies from CS groups•Data entry of the studies found (several hundred)•Report on data entry and analysis, due M18
D6.4-5 Webtools for Priors and Posteriors (M26 and M32)
Soon•Option to download traditional stats per species•Option to download ‚sliced‘ density distributionsLater•Option to upload ‚sliced‘ density distributions
Related Work
• Unique stock identifers have been entered in FishBase for ICES stocks
• Assigning various studies to stocks is ongoing, with challenges
• New tables for accepting size-at-age data (and other primary data) are being created (length-frequencies do already exist)
• Collaboration with RAM-legacy database is ongoing
Related Work
• New method for deriving MSY from catch data only, for data-poor stocks, is being developed, with Steve Martell
• Could be made available online, as a web tool• Harvest-control rules for Catch & MSY stocks
need to be developed and tested