Proceedings 2024/030
Proceedings of the Pacific Regional Peer Review on Application of a New Modelling Framework for the Assessment of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Major Stocks and Implementation in the Management Strategy Evaluation Process; June 26–28, 2023
Chairperson: Steve Schut
Editors: Yvonne Muirhead-Vert and Travis Tai
Summary
These Proceedings summarize the relevant discussions and key conclusions that resulted from a Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Regional Peer Review meeting on June 26–28, 2023 at the Vancouver Island Conference Center in Nanaimo, British Columbia (BC) while virtual participants joined online. The working paper presented for the peer review to evaluate Spatially Integrated Statistical Catch-at-Age Herring (SISCAH) as a stock assessment modelling framework for each of the five major stock assessment regions and to evaluate SISCAH as an operating model.
Participation included DFO Science, Resource Management, and external participants from Michigan State University, Landmark Fisheries Research, BC Seafood Alliance, Simon Fraser University, Heiltsuk First Nation, Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus/David Suzuki Foundation, Island Marine Aquatic Working Group, Landmark Fisheries Research, Council of the Haida Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Q’ul-lhanumutsun Aquatic Resources Society, Province of British Columbia, Herring Conservation and Research Society, and Lax Kw'alaams Band.
The meeting participants agreed the working paper met all of the Terms of Reference objectives and was accepted with revisions. The conclusions and advice resulting from this review will be provided in the form of a Science Advisory Report on the update and review of the model used for annual assessment of BC Pacific Herring stocks (choice of model, data, assumptions) to include four new elements to the model and demonstrate its utility for representing additional dynamics as operating models in the management strategy evaluation (MSE) analytical framework. The Science Advisory Report and the supporting Research Document will be made publicly available on the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) website.
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