Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profiles

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https://nefsc.github.io/READ-EDAB-ESP_docs/docs

Introduction

Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profiles (ESPs) are a scientific product to support Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA). IEA seeks to improve understanding and management of fisheries through incorporating natural, social, and economic data into fisheries analyses and management plans. ESPs are a structured framework developed by the Alaska Science Center to integrate ecosystem and socioeconomic information into the stock assessment process.¹

Here we adapt the ESP process for use in the management of Northeast stocks. Our scientific roadmap consists of these steps: 1. Gather existing data on ecology, biology, socioeconomics, and the human dimension of Northeast fisheries. 2. Conduct a risk analysis of Northeast stocks to determine which stocks are most vulnerable. 3. Create detailed reports for the most vulnerable stocks, incorporating data from the originial risk assessment as well as detailed species-specific information.

The Northeast ESP suite

There are currently 4 github repos associated with the Northeast ESP initiative. 1. NOAA-EDAB/esp_data_aggregation is the original repo and currently houses development and exploratory work. 2. NEFSC/READ-EDAB-NEesp houses an R package that contains relevant data, functions for low-level data analysis and plotting, and report templates. 3. NEFSC/READ-EDAB-NEespShiny houses an R Shiny app (in the form of an R package) that provides a graphical user interface for creating reports with the NEesp package. 4. NEFSC/READ-EDAB-ESP_docs houses reports on Northeast stocks and ecosystem/socioeconomic indicators.

Data and analysis

The current preliminary report aggregates data from many existing sources and creates several data visualizations. Reports for all northeast stocks have been compiled and can be viewed here. We have recently aggregated our data, functions, and report templates into a preliminary R package that can be viewed in the package repo. The package can be downloaded locally in R with the command devtools::install_github("NEFSC/READ-EDAB-NEesp").

Running a report

Running a report with code

After downloading the NEesp R package, a report can be generated locally with the command NEesp::render_ind_report("Acadian redfish") (replace “Acadian redfish” with the name of species of interest). Please note, report generation will take some time (2+ minutes per species).

Running a report with R shiny

We have recently developed an R shiny app to visualize Northeast ESP data, which is bundled into the NEespShiny R package. The app can be installed in R with: remotes::install_github("NEFSC/READ-EDAB-NEespShiny"). If installation throws an error, you may have to override package installation errors from warnings with: sys.setenv(R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS="true"). Once you have installed the package, you can use the Shiny app by running: NEespShiny::run_NEesp().

Next steps

We continue to synthesize existing data on Northeast stocks, environment, and socioeconomics. We are currently refining our data analyses and beginning the preliminary risk assessment process.

Disclaimer

These reports are a work in progress and should not be viewed as a final or complete product at this time. We do not guarantee that these reports are free from errors; please contact us if you notice any issues.

Developers

atyrell3	rtabandera

Legal disclaimer

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