Snapper-Grouper MSE
Blue Matter is working with the SAFMC to explore the impacts of various management measures across the recreational and commercial sectors of the snapper-grouper fishery in the U.
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4VWX Herring
In a collaboration with DFO, Blue Matter developed a custom operating model for characterizing various scenarios for Bay of Fundy herring, implementing this in the openMSE package.
Read moreAtlantic Bluefin Tuna
Blue Matter has been working with ICCAT since 2016, taking the lead on the technical implementation of the Atlantic bluefin tuna MSE.
Read moreAtlantic Skipjack Tuna
To support management strategy evaluation of the Western Atlantic stock of Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), Blue Matter collaborated with colleagues in Brazil to develop a set of operating models to facilitate testing of defensible management procedures using the open-source MSEtool software package.
Read moreRetrospective Patterns
Got a retrospective pattern in a stock assessment but not sure of the cause? Closed-loop simulation can allow us to determine whether management procedures can sufficiently help reach conservation and fishery objectives in spite of such behavior in an assessment, and identify which of the possible causes actually impact management performance.
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